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”
25. ULSTER John Hume
SDLP leader, John Hume , reads a copy of the Derry Journal as he awaits the results of the continuing count for the Foyle seat, in the Northern Ireland Assembly Photo: PA Archive
26. ULSTER Hume / Paisley
John Hume leader of SDLP (left) and Democratic Unionist Party leader Rev Ian Paisley after the result of the Northern Ireland referendum in Belfast. An overwhelming 71.1 voted Yes Photo: PA Archive
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Sanator Edward Kennedy with his good friend John Hume during his visit to the Bogside. January 1998
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Former SDLP leaders John Hume & Seamus Mallon at annual Conference at the Forum Hotel