BEFORE THE DAWN - AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Gerard Gerry Adams, born 6 October 1948, is an Irish republican politician, president of the Sinn Fein political party, and the Teachta Dala (TD) for Louth since the 2011 general election. From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was an abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast West. When he resigned in 2011 he had to accept a paid office of the Crown and was made Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead although this title was rejected by Adams. He has been the president of Sinn Féin since 1983