Mary Patricia McAleese is the current President of Ireland. Before becoming president she was a barrister, journalist and academic. She is Ireland’s second female president and the world’s first woman to succeed another woman elected Head of State. Since 19 November 2005 she is the longest-serving current female elected Head of State. On May 2007 she was awarded The American Ireland Fund Humanitarian Award.
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