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unusual facts about Member of the Parliament



Occupation of Cullaville

Seamus Mallon, then Member of the Parliament for Newry and Armagh, described the incident as an example of the wrong approach of the British government to tackle the situation in Northern Ireland since 1921.


see also

Ahonen

Esko Ahonen (born 1955), Finnish politician, member of the parliament

Ali Naqvi

Zafar Ali Naqvi, Indian politician and member of the Parliament of India, representing the Lakhimpur Kheri constituency

Emile Rahme

After an unsuccessful attempt year 2000 to enter the Lebanese Parliament, he was elected member of the parliament for the Maronite seat of Baalbek-El Hermel district with 109,060 votes on the 7th of June 2009; his score is the highest amongst all elected members of the parliament in Lebanon.

Ghulam Ali Allana

His son, Pyar Ali Allana, is a politician and was a member of the parliament during Benazir Bhutto's era as the prime minister of the country.

Ingemar Eliasson

Following a career as member of the Parliament from 1982, and leading the Liberal People's Party from 1985, until 1990, he became Governor of Värmland County, serving as such until 2002.

John Cruger

Henry Cruger, his grandson who was a member of the Parliament of Great Britain and later a New York State senator.

Ludvik Toplak

After serving as speaker of the Socio-Political Chamber of the Slovenian Parliament (1999-1992), as a member of the Parliament (1992–1993), as a rector of the University of Maribor (1993–2002), and as an Ambassador to the Holy See (2002–2006), he is currently the vice-president of Alma Mater Europaea international university and president of its Slovenian campus called Alma Mater Europaea - Evropski center, Maribor.

Maithripala Sirisena

In 1989, Sirisena contested for the general elections from the Polonnaruwa District and became a member of the parliament.

Marietje Schaake

She is a member of the parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), as well as the Committee of International Trade (INTA) and the Committee on Culture, Media and Education (CULT).

Matti Ahde

He was member of the parliament from 1970 to 1990, when he left to become CEO of state monopoly Veikkaus.

Niinistö

Jussi Niinistö, a member of the Parliament of Finland, historian

Oliver Wittke

Since December 10, 2007 he is member of the parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia for the election district of Herford.

Pieter van Dalen

Van Dalen was born in the town of Kuils River in the Western Cape and attended De Kuilen High School He is a Democratic Alliance member of the Parliament of South Africa and DA Deputy Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises.

Plaka, Lemnos

Komninos Piromaglou, politician, writer and historian (1899–1980), founder of EDES (ΕΔΕΣ) and member of the Parliament with EDA (ΕΔΑ) in 1958.

Şemsettin Günaltay

In 1915, Günaltay was elected to the Ottoman Parliament as deputy of Bilecik Province from the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), and remained member of the parliament until its dissolution.

Veltto Virtanen

In Mayday 2011 the newly elected member of the parliament delivered a political Mayday speech, where he stated that if the Swedish People's Party were to become part of the next cabinet with the True Finns, he would resign from the party and vomit for five days.