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DUBLIN, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Mary Lou McDonald has officially replaced Gerry Adams to become the president of Sinn Fein, one of the major political parties in Ireland, at a party meeting held here on Saturday, reported local media.
Mary Lou McDonald, a 48-year-old female politician, delivered a policy speech after some 1,500 party delegates officially endorsed an earlier decision made by the party to make her as its president-elect.
Gerry Adams has been the president of Sinn Fein since 1983. The 69-year-old Adams stepped down mainly because of age issue.
Sinn Fein is one of the top three political parties in Ireland in terms of the number of the seats the party holds in the decision-making lower house of the parliament. Enditem
