Everything about Br D Rodgers totally explained
Bríd Rodgers born
Bríd Stratford (born
20 February,
1935 in
Gweedore,
County Donegal,
Republic of Ireland)(
Irish:
Bríd Mhic Ruairí) is a former Irish nationalist politician.
Although born and brought up in the
Republic of Ireland, she was politically active in
Northern Ireland, where she was deputy leader of the
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and Member of the Legislative Assembly for
Upper Bann.
Rodgers was educated in
Monaghan and
University College, Dublin, and has lived in Northern Ireland since 1960. She was involved in the
Civil Rights Movement from 1965. She was a founder member of the SDLP, becoming Chairman in 1978 and General Secretary in 1981. In 1983 she was appointed to the
Irish Senate by
Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, and served until 1987.
Rodgers was a leader of the SDLP team in the talks that led to the
Good Friday Agreement. She was elected to the
Northern Ireland Assembly for the constituency of Upper Bann in June 1998. She was appointed to the first
Northern Ireland Executive in November 1999 as
Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, and remained in that position until the suspension of the Executive in October 2002. She became deputy leader of the SDLP in November 2001. She stood down as MLA at the Assembly elections of November 2003, and as deputy leader in February 2004, when she was replaced by
Alasdair McDonnell.
Rodgers is married with six children.
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