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Mary Lou McDonald

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Mary Louise McDonald (born 1 May 1969) is an Irish politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition in Ireland since June 2020, as President of Sinn Féin since February 2018, and as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Central constituency since 2011. She previously served as vice president of Sinn Féin from 2009 to 2018 and as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 2004 to 2009. On 10 February 2018, following a special ardfheis (party conference) in Dublin, McDonald succeeded Gerry Adams to become Sinn Féin's first new leader since 1983 and the party's first female leader since Margaret Buckley (president from 1937 to 1950). She led the party into the 2020 general election, in which Sinn Féin delivered its best ever general election performance, attaining 24.5 percent of the vote and winning 37 seats in Dáil Éireann, one fewer than Fianna Fáil and two more than Fine Gael. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Lou McDonald is the 18,775th most popular politician (down from 17,669th in 2024), the 443rd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 368th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mary Lou McDonald ranks 18,775 out of 19,576. Before her are Fleur Agema, Kellyanne Conway, Aleksandr Martynov, Wanda Vázquez Garced, Ágnes Osztolykán, and Hendrik Wüst. After her are Zorana Mihajlović, Lilies Handayani, Esther Ouwehand, Alex Azar, Paolo Rondelli, and Lim Su-kyung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Mary Lou McDonald ranks 863. Before her are Patrick Chila, Masayuki Mita, Róbert Švehla, Kenji Ogiwara, Carl Craig, and Lance Storm. After her are Petra Behle, Peter Paige, Juan Manuel López, James Dean Bradfield, Dagmar Hase, and Rumiana Jeleva.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Mary Lou McDonald ranks 443 out of 549. Before her are Francis Magee (1959), Angela Farrell (1952), Denise Gough (1980), Emma Donoghue (1969), Eve Hewson (1991), and Thomas Francis Meagher (1823). After her are Andy Reid (1982), Kian Egan (1980), Sarah Bolger (1991), Brian Murphy (1983), Séamus Coleman (1988), and Niall Quinn (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Mary Lou McDonald ranks 64. Before her are Leo Varadkar (1979), Henry Grattan (1746), Éamonn Ceannt (1881), John Redmond (1856), Michelle O'Neill (1977), and Thomas Francis Meagher (1823). After her are Phil Hogan (1960), Simon Harris (1986), Charlie McCreevy (1949), Mairead McGuinness (1959), Clare Daly (1968), and Paschal Donohoe (1974).

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