Gerry Fitt

Gerry Fitt was a Belfast-born politician who became a prominent voice for civil rights in Northern Ireland. He co-founded the Republican Labour Party, represented West Belfast at Westminster from 1966 to 1983, and became the first leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party in 1970. As deputy chief executive of the 1974 power-sharing executive, he was a central figure in one of Northern Ireland’s earliest attempts at devolved government.