Mairead McGuinness
Mairead McGuinness | |
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| European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union | |
| Assumed office 12 October 2020 | |
| President | Ursula von der Leyen |
| Preceded by | Valdis Dombrovskis |
| First Vice-President of the European Parliament | |
| In office 18 January 2017 – 12 October 2020 | |
| President | Antonio Tajani David Sassoli |
| Preceded by | Antonio Tajani |
| Succeeded by | Roberta Metsola |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 12 October 2020 | |
| Succeeded by | Colm Markey |
| Constituency | Midlands–North-West |
| In office 1 July 2004 – 1 July 2014 | |
| Constituency | East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mairead McGuinness 13 June 1959 Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Other political affiliations | European People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Tom Duff (m. 1994) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | University College Dublin |
| Website | Official website |
Mairead McGuinness (born 13 June 1959) is an Irish politician. She was the European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union since October 2020. She is a member of Fine Gael. She was First Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2017 to 2020. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for East from 2004 to 2014 and for Midlands–North-West from 2014 to 2020. McGuinness was Ireland’s longest serving MEP.[1]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Gabriela Baczynska and Padraic Halpin (September 4, 2020), Ireland likely to lose EU trade portfolio as nominees submitted Archived 4 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine Reuters.
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