Gerard "Gerry" Adams is an Irish republican politician, president of the Sinn F�in political party, and a Teachta D�la for Louth since the 2011 general election. From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was an abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West. When he resigned in 2011 he had to accept a paid office of the Crown and was made Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead although this title was rejected by Adams. He has been the president of Sinn F�in since 1983. Since that time the party has become the fourth-largest party in the Republic of Ireland, the second-largest political party in Northern Ireland and the largest Irish nationalist party in that region. In 1984, Adams was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt by several gunmen including John Gregg. From the late 1980s onwards, Adams was an important figure in the Northern Ireland peace process, initially following contact by the then-Social Democratic and Labour Party leader John Hume and then subsequently with the Irish and British governments. 

October 6th, 1948 in Belfast (Age 76)