Foyle - Martina Anderson
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Martina Anderson is from the Bogside area of Derry. She has been involved with the Republican struggle for over 30 years. Having spent over13 years in prisons in England and Ireland she was released under the terms of the GFA and immediately became involved in party work.
She was a member of Sinn Féin's Assembly Business Committee, which oversaw the Party's Assembly operation. For almost 3 years she served as the party's All Ireland Political Co-ordinator promoting, upgrading and mainstreaming the All Ireland agenda. Following last years Ard Fheis, at which the Party President Gerry Adams indicated a priority of developing an entirely new relationship with unionism Martina was appointed to the role of Sinn Féin's Director of Unionist Engagement. This is a task she has pursed with vigour, leading to a number of first public meetings between the party leadership and churches and opinion makers within unionism.
