Michelle O'Neill
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Michelle O'Neill MLA |
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| Leader of Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland | |
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Assumed office 23 January 2017 |
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| Leader | Gerry Adams |
| Preceded by | Martin McGuinness |
| Minister of Health | |
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In office 25 May 2016 – 2 March 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Simon Hamilton |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development | |
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In office 5 May 2011 – 6 May 2016 |
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| First Minister |
Peter Robinson Arlene Foster |
| Deputy First Minister | Martin McGuinness |
| Preceded by | Michelle Gildernew |
| Mayor of Dungannon and South Tyrone | |
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In office June 2010 – June 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Francie Molloy |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Reid |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly for Mid Ulster |
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Assumed office 7 March 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Geraldine Dougan |
| Personal details | |
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Michelle Doris 10 January 1977 Clonoe, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse(s) | Paddy O'Neil; 2 children |
| Website | Michelle O'Neill MLA |
Michelle O'Neill (née Doris; born 10 January 1977) is an Irish politician who is the leader of Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland. She has been an MLA for Mid Ulster since 2007, and has previously served as the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development (2011–2016) and Minister of Health (2016–2017) in the Northern Ireland Executive.
O'Neill comes from an Irish republican family in Clonoe, County Tyrone. Her father, Brendan Doris, was a Provisional IRA prisoner and Sinn Féin councillor. Her uncle, Paul Doris, is a former national president of the Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID). A cousin, Tony Doris, was one of three IRA members shot dead by the SAS in 1991. Another cousin, IRA volunteer Gareth Malachy Doris, was shot and wounded on active duty during the 1997 Coalisland attack.
After the death of Brendan Doris in 2006, Martin McGuinness paid tribute to the Doris family as "a well-known and respected republican family [who] have played a significant role in the republican struggle for many years".
O'Neill attended St. Patrick's Girls Academy, a Catholic grammar school located in Dungannon, County Tyrone. She subsequently began to train as an accounting technician before pursuing a political career.
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