Mr. Hume, a founder member and former leader of the SDLP was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1998 after the ratification of the Belfast Agreement.
SDLP leader, Colum Eastwood, said Mr. Hume’s passing was a “loss of the 20th century”.
US President Bill Clinton called him ‘Ireland’s Martin Luther King’ while First Minister Arlene Foster described him as “a giant in Irish nationalism”
5. Mark Durkan addresses the SDLP Conference
John Hume former leader of the SDLP, listens to Mark Durkan addressing the party's annual conference in Belfast Photo: PA Archive
6. John Hume
Former SDLP leader John Hume is applauded by his wife Pat and then SDLP leader Mark Durkan after speaking at a press conference in Belfast Photo: PA Archive
7. SDLP Election Campaign
John Hume (second left), former leader of the SDLP, listens with party colleagues as as the party's then leader, Mark Durkan, launches his party's manifesto in Belfast, ahead of the Northern Ireland Assembley elections on November 26, 2003. Photo: PA Archive
8. Social Democratic Labour Party's (SDLP) John Hume
Social Democratic Labour Party's (SDLP) John Hume in front of the Stormont Building near Belfast Photo: PA Archive