Cunningham, Sir Josias

Cunningham, Sir Josias
▪ 2001

      Northern Irish politician (b. Jan. 20, 1934, County Antrim, N.Ire.—d. Aug. 9, 2000, Belfast, N.Ire.), was a key figure for more than 25 years in the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), Northern Ireland's largest Protestant political party, and was president of the UUP's governing body, the Ulster Unionist Council, from 1991. A moderate who was skilled at behind-the-scenes negotiations, he was considered instrumental in finalizing in early 2000 the power-sharing arrangement with Sinn Fein, the political arm of the Irish Republican Army. Cunningham, who was knighted in the 2000 New Year's Honours List, died in an automobile accident.

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