Mary McAleese

Mary McAleese

writer
politician
barrister
university teacher
🇮🇪Ireland
✝️Catholicism

Mary Patricia McAleese is an Irish activist lawyer, academic, author, and former politician who served as the president of Ireland from November 1997 to November 2011. McAleese was first elected as president in 1997, having received the nomination of Fianna Fáil. She succeeded Mary Robinson, making her the second female president of Ireland and the first woman in the world to succeed another woman as president.

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Lifespan
1951 – Present
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Born in
Belfast
Educated at
Queen's University Belfast
Awards
🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh🏆 honorary doctorate🏆 Golden Key of Madrid🏆 honorary doctor of the Harbin Institute of Technology🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Chile

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  • 1951

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