Mary McAleese
Mary McAleese
Mary Patricia McAleeseserved as the eighth President of Ireland from 1997 to 2011. She was the second female president and was first elected in 1997 succeeding Mary Robinson, making McAleese the world's first woman to succeed another as president. She was re-elected unopposed for a second term in office in 2004. McAleese is the first President of Ireland to have come from either Northern Ireland or Ulster...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth27 June 1951
CityBelfast, Northern Ireland
CountryIreland
The extent to which all people in our society are made to count, and believe that they count, is not just a measure of decency; it makes sound economic sense.
We are a vibrant first-world country, but we have a humbling third-world memory.
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