Pat Ramsey is a retired

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(SDLP) politician from Derry,

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. He is a former

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, and was a

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(MLA) for Foyle from 2003 to 2015, when he stood down. He is the current SDLP Spokesperson for Employment and Learning, and is Chief Whip of the Party. He is a member of several All-Party Groups, such as Diabetes, Learning Disability, and

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. He has been subject to numerous attacks on his home in the

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and his young daughter was injured in an attack on his office. The attackers were reported to be dissident republicans.Attack on Pat Ramsey blamed on dissident republicans
bbc.co.uk; accessed 15 May 2016.

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