About Mary McAleese
Mary Patricia McAleese is an Irish activist lawyer, academic, author, and former politician who served as the president of Ireland from November 1997 to November 2011. McAleese was first elected as president in 1997, having received the nomination of Fianna Fáil. She succeeded Mary Robinson, making her the second female president of Ireland and the first woman in the world to succeed another woman as president. She nominated herself for re-election in 2004 and was returned unopposed for a second term. Born in Ardoyne, north Belfast, she is the first president of Ireland to have come from Ulster.
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Awards & Honors
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
honorary doctorate
Golden Key of Madrid
honorary doctor of the Harbin Institute of Technology
honorary doctor of the University of Chile
honorary doctor of the University of Otago
honorary doctor of Fordham University
Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
