Mary McAleese

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Mary McAleese (2004)

Mary Patricia McAleese [ mɛəɹɪ pətɹɪʃə makəliːs ] ( Irish Máire Mhic Pádraigín Ghiolla IOSA [ moɪrʲə pɑːdrigʲiːɲ Vik jilə i ə sə ] * 27. June 1951 in Belfast , Northern Ireland , UK ) is an Irish journalist and politician . From 1997 to 2011 she was the eighth President of Ireland .

Life

McAleese was born in 1951 in Belfast, Northern Ireland as Mary Patricia Leneghan. She attended St. Dominic's High School, Queen's University Belfast and Trinity College in Dublin . In 1975, she assumed the Reid Professorship of Criminal Law, Criminology, and the Correctional System at Trinity College, replacing Mary Robinson (a pattern that would repeat itself more than twenty years later). In 1979 she became a journalist and announcer at Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). In 1981 she returned to the Reid professorship, but also worked part-time for RTÉ for another four years. McAleese was a member of the Catholic Church's Episcopal Delegation to the New Ireland Forum in 1984 and a member of the Catholic Church's delegation to the North Commission on Disputed Parades in 1996.

In 1997 McAleese won the election for the presidency of Fianna Fáil (Ireland's largest party) against former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Albert Reynolds . On November 11, 1997, she was inaugurated as President of Ireland, again as the successor to Mary Robinson . For the first time in modern history, a woman succeeded someone else as elected head of state.

A native of Northern Ireland, McAleese visits Northern Ireland regularly and enjoys the affection of both communities. She is also considered an admirer of Queen Elizabeth II , whom she met during her time as Pro-Vice Chancellor of Queens University in Belfast. At her invitation, Elisabeth II made a state visit in May 2011.

A few weeks before the end of her first term of office, she declared herself ready for another term on September 14, 2004 and was sworn in for the second time on November 11, 2004. After she could not run for a third term under the constitution, Michael D. Higgins was elected her successor in the 2011 presidential election . He took office on November 11, 2011.

Prior to her presidency, McAleese was:

  • Pro-Vice Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast
  • Fianna Fáil candidate in the 1987 general election
  • Journalist, Today Tonight, RTÉ (Raidió Teilifís Éireann)
  • Reid - Professor of Law, Trinity College Dublin (“University of Dublin”)
  • Counselor to the Irish Catholic Bishops during the New Ireland Forum
  • together with Senator David Norris, founder of the campaign for legal reforms in favor of homosexuals

In 1998 she was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy .

She is married to Martin McAleese.

See also

Web links

Commons : Mary McAleese  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members: Mary McAleese. Royal Irish Academy, accessed May 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME McAleese, Mary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McAleese, Mary Patricia (full name); Mhic Ghiolla Íosa, Máire (Irish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish journalist and President (1997-2011)
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Belfast , Northern Ireland , UK