Editing John Hume (section)

=== Recognition ===
When on 1 July 1998, the new [[Northern Ireland Assembly]] nominated the Ulster Unionist leader, [[David Trimble]] as [[First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland|First Minister]], it was expected that Hume, as the leader of the largest nationalist party, would assume the joint office of Deputy First Minister. Instead, he handed this role to [[Seamus Mallon|Séamus Mallon]]. Some political journalists cited a "reserved" relationship between Hume and Trimble, despite the two men having together received the 1998 [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-27 |title=John Hume and David Trimble overcame a 'reserved relationship' |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2022/07/27/news/hume_and_trimble_overcame_a_reserved_relationship_-2782280/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=The Irish News |language=en}}</ref>

In their citation, the [[Norwegian Nobel Committee]] observed that over the thirty years of national, religious and social conflict in Northern Ireland, John Hume had been "the clearest and most consistent of Northern Ireland’s political leaders in his work for a peaceful solution. The foundations of the peace agreement signed on Good Friday 1998 reflect principles which he has stood for".<ref>{{Cite web |date=1998 |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 1998, Press Release |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1998/press-release/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

Hume has been the only person to combine the Nobel Peace Prize with two other major international peace awards, the [[King Center for Nonviolent Social Change|Martin Luther Award]] (1999) and the [[Gandhi Peace Prize]] (2001).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historic Collection on display in the Heart of the City |url=https://guildhallderry.com/john-hume-peace-prize-exhibition/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=Guildhallderry.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2010, Hume topped a viewer poll by the Irish national broadcaster [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]] as "[[Ireland's Greatest]]" ahead of [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]], [[Mary Robinson]], [[James Connolly]], and [[Bono]].<ref name="topforty">{{cite web |date=22 March 2010 |title=RTÉ launches Ireland's Greatest Figures |url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/0322/irelandsgreatestfigures.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729074400/http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/0322/irelandsgreatestfigures.html |archive-date=29 July 2010 |access-date=6 August 2010 |website=RTÉ}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=26 October 2010 |title=John Hume proud of 'Ireland's Greatest' award |work=RTÉ News |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1023/irelandsgreatest.html |url-status=live |access-date=17 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102181234/http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1023/irelandsgreatest.html |archive-date=2 November 2012}}</ref>

In 2012, Pope [[Benedict XVI]] made Hume a Knight Commander of the Papal [[Order of St. Gregory the Great]].<ref>{{cite news |date=6 July 2012 |title=John Hume knighted by Pope Benedict |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-18733621 |url-status=live |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021143154/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-18733621 |archive-date=21 October 2018}}</ref>