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John O'Dowd MLA (born 10 May 1967) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He has been the Minister for Education in the Stormont Executive since 2011 and the Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Upper Bann since 2003. He briefly took on the duties of deputy First Minister in 2011 while Martin McGuinness ran in the 2011 Irish presidential election. ==Early career== O'Dowd was born in 1967 in a rural community between Lurgan and Banbridge south west of Belfast.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.deni.gov.uk/index/about-the-department/department-of-education/41-about-the-department-structure-and-functions-education-minister-pg.htm )〕 O'Dowd says the defining political moment of his life was the 1981 hunger strikes. His political hero was Sheena Campbell, a republican activist who was murdered as she drank with friends in the bar of the York Hotel in south Belfast.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15005642 )〕 O'Dowd previously trained as a chef before engaging in politics.〔 He began his political career serving for 14 years as a councillor on Craigavon Council and previously served as a school governor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Upper Bann – John O'Dowd | Sinn Féin )〕 O'Dowd has served as Chair of Upper Bann Sinn Féin and a member of the party's Six County Executive, O'Dowd was leader of the Sinn Féin group on Craigavon Council.〔 In 2003 he was elected as MLA for Upper Bann. Between 2007 and 2011 he was Sinn Féin group leader in the Assembly and served as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee before becoming a member of the Education Committee in 2008.〔 Following the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011 John O'Dowd was nominated by Sinn Féin to assume the duties of the office for Minister for Education. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John O'Dowd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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