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Gerry Adams Announces He Is Standing Down As Sinn Fein President<\/b>
\nGerry Adams will be standing down as Sinn Fein president next year after more than three decades at the helm of the party.<\/p>\n

Adams announced his intention to stand down on Saturday, telling the Sinn Fein ard fh\u00e9is (party conference) in Dublin: \u201cLeadership means knowing when it is time for change.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 69-year-old republican veteran also said that he will not stand for election to the Irish parliament at the next election.<\/p>\n

Adams, who has been party president since 1983, said a special meeting of the party would be called next year to elect a successor.<\/p>\n

He told the conference: \u201cI have always seen myself as a team player and a team builder.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have complete confidence in the leaders we elected this weekend and in the next generation of leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank everyone who has welcomed me into their homes and communities and who have made me part of countless campaigns, countless elections and countless negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adams said that his decision to stand down was formulated along with party colleague Martin McGuinness before his death earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The outgoing leader said: \u201cLast year Martin McGuinness and I said that there was a plan for change in the party leadership as part of the process of regeneration and renewal.<\/p>\n

\u201cTen years after entering government with Ian Paisley, Martin\u2019s intention was to step down as Deputy First Minister on May 8th.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen life punched us in the face.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the Peace Process was \u201cone of our great achievements\u201d, adding: \u201cRepublicanism has never been stronger. This is our time. We will grow even stronger in the future.\u201d
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