Megan Fearon
Megan Fearon | |
|---|---|
| Junior Minister Assisting the Deputy First Minister | |
| In office 25 May 2016 – 26 January 2017 Serving with Alastair Ross | |
| Deputy FM | Martin McGuinness |
| Preceded by | Jennifer McCann |
| Succeeded by | Declan Kearney |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly for Newry and Armagh | |
| In office 2 July 2012 – 6 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Conor Murphy |
| Succeeded by | Liz Kimmins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 July 1991 |
| Party | Sinn Féin |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
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Megan Fearon (born 29 July 1991) is an Irish former Sinn Féin politician who was member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for the Newry and Armagh constituency from June 2012 to January 2020. She remains the youngest MLA to have assumed office at the age of 20.
She was the party's spokesperson for equality and human rights and was a government minister in the Northern Ireland Executive at the age of 24, making her one of the youngest Government ministers in the world.