- Alex Attwood
Infobox Politician | name=Alex Attwood, MLA
width=120px
term_start=1998
term_end=
predecessor=
successor=
birth_date=birth date and age|1959|4|26
birth_place=Belfast ,Northern Ireland
constituency=West Belfast
party=Social Democratic and Labour Party
office=MLA
spouse=Orla Attwood
website= [http://www.sdlp.ie/party/alexattwood.shtm Attwood SDLP]Alex Attwood MLA (Born 26 April 1959) is a
Northern Ireland politician. He is aSocial Democratic and Labour Party MLA.He was educated at
Queen's University, Belfast and is asolicitor inBelfast .Attwood has been a member of
Belfast City Council for Upper Falls, West Belfast since 1985. He was a former Leader of the SDLP Belfast City Council Group. In 1997 he participated in negotiations for the first Nationalist Mayor of Belfast, having failed to secure his own nomination for the post within his political grouping.In 1997, he was appointed by
John Hume to theDublin Forum for Peace and Reconciliation . Attwood was a member of the SDLP Talks Team, playing a key negotiating role on policing, human rights and justice issues.He was elected to
Northern Ireland Assembly in June 1998. Attwood is the SDLP spokesperson on policing and has played a key role in negotiations on the Policing Bill.He was appointed to the
Northern Ireland Policing Board in September 2001.External links
* [http://www.sdlp.ie/party/alexattwood.shtm Attwood on the official SDLP website]
* [http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/biogs_03/attwood_a.htm Biography from the NI Assembly website]
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