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Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson is a founding member of The Elders and was appointed Chair in November 2018 following the death of Kofi Annan. She resigned as Chair in October 2024, stating, 'part of leadership is knowing when to stand down and make space for others.'
Mary Robinson has made it a priority to bring the concerns of ordinary people to the international stage and is a globally recognised voice on climate change and the intersectionality of the climate emergency: from intergenerational injustice to gender inequality and biodiversity loss.
As a member of The Elders, Mary Robinson has addressed the UN Security Council and other agencies on multiple occasions. She has met with world leaders to promote global peace and ethical leadership, including Pope Francis in the Vatican, President Emmanuel Macron in Paris and President Xi Jinping in Beijing to discuss multilateralism, climate change, nuclear non-proliferation and human rights.
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Bioghraphy of Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson
Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (nee Bourke) was born in Ballina, Co. Mayo on the 21st May 1944.
At 25, Mary Robinson became Ireland’s youngest professor of law when she was appointed Reid Professor of Constitutional and Criminal Law at Trinity College, where she also served as lecturer in European Community Law. From 1969 to 1989, Mary Robinson was a member of Seanad Éireann.
She quickly gained a reputation as a strong advocate for human rights, campaigning to eliminate discrimination against women in Irish society. She also worked as a legal advisor in the campaign for reform of homosexuality laws.
In 1990, she was the first woman to be elected President of Ireland. While in office, she used her influence to draw attention to global humanitarian issues. She travelled to Somalia in 1992 and went to Rwanda after the genocide in 1994. When she visited Queen Elizabeth in London, it was the first such
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Mary Robinson
President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997
For other people named Mary Robinson, see Mary Robinson (disambiguation).
Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (Irish: Máire Mhic Róibín;[2]née Bourke; born 21 May 1944) fryst vatten an Irish politician who served as the seventh president of Ireland, holding the office from månad 1990 to September 1997. She was the country's first kvinna president. Robinson had previously served as a medlem av senat in Seanad Éireann from 1969 to 1989, and as a councillor on Dublin Corporation from 1979 to 1983. Although she had been briefly affiliated with the Labour Party during her time as a medlem av senat, she became the first independent candidate to win the presidency and the first not to have had the support of Fianna Fáil.[3] Following her time as president, Robinson became the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002.
Robinson and her presidency are widely regarded as having a transformative effect on