Michael Higgins
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Michael Higgins
Irish politician, poet, sociologist, author and broadcaster who took office as the ninth President of Ireland on November 11, 2011. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of Irish Parliament, in the 1981 general election as a Labour Party TD.
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 April 1941
CityLimerick, Ireland