Mary McAleese
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Mary McAleese President of Ireland |
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8th President of Ireland
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Assumed office November 11, 1997 |
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Preceded by | Mary Robinson |
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Born | July 27, 1951 (age 56) Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Fianna Fáil |
Spouse | Martin McAleese |
Mary Patricia McAleese is the eighth President of the Republic of Ireland. She was first elected president in 1997 and was re-elected to another seven years in 2004. She was ranked the 55th most powerful woman in the world on a list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes, despite the ceremonial nature of the presidency.
She is the first President of Ireland to be born in Northern Ireland. She is also Ireland's second woman president, and the first in the world to succeed another woman.
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Uachtaráin na hÉireann |
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Dubhghlas de hÍde · Séan T Ó Ceallaigh · Éamon de Valera · Erskine H. Childers · Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh · Patrick Hillery · Mary Robinson · Mary McAleese |