Mary McAleese
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| Mary McAleese | |
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| 8th President of Ireland | |
| In office 11 November 1997 – 10 November 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Mary Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Michael D. Higgins |
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| Born | 27 June 1951 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Independent (1997–2011) |
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Fianna Fáil (Before 1997) |
| Spouse(s) | Martin McAleese (m. 1976) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast Trinity College, Dublin |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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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 through 2011. 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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