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”
9. John Hume steps down as SDLP leader
Northern Ireland Secretary of State John Reid (centre) buys John Hume and Seamus Mallon a farewell drink, before Hume's last speech as party leader at the Social Democratic Labour Party's annual conference in Newcastle, Co Down. Photo: PA Archive
10. John Hume resignation
John Hume is applauded by colleagues in the Great Hall of Stormont, Belfast, after he announced his resignation as leader of the SDLP Photo: PA Archive
11. John Hume resignation/ Great Hall of Stormont
John Hume is applauded by colleagues in the Great Hall of Stormont, Dublin, after he announced his resignation as leader of the SDLP Photo: PA Archive
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SDLP party leader John Hume and his talks team emerge from Castle Buildings to give their take on the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.