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Mary Robinson

1944 - Today

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Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (Irish: Máire Mhic Róibín; née Bourke; born 21 May 1944) is an Irish politician who served as the president of Ireland from December 1990 to September 1997. She was the country's first female president. Robinson had previously served as a senator 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 senator, she became the first independent candidate to win the presidency and the first not to have had the support of Fianna Fáil. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Robinson is the 5,974th most popular politician (up from 6,283rd in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 61st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mary Robinson ranks 5,974 out of 19,576. Before her are Franz Jonas, Inca Roca, Amenemope, Shammuramat, Rothari, and Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio. After her are Muryeong of Baekje, Dino Grandi, Manuel I of Trebizond, Takelot II, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, and Magnus, Duke of Holstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Mary Robinson ranks 152. Before her are Ranulph Fiennes, Vlastimil Hort, Frank Oz, Bernard Cornwell, Oqil Oqilov, and Tony Atkinson. After her are John Densmore, Joseph Boakai, Daniel Pennac, Jürgen Grabowski, Marie-Christine Barrault, and Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Mary Robinson ranks 73 out of 549. Before her are Dolores O'Riordan (1971), Saint Gall (550), Vergilius of Salzburg (700), Ethel Voynich (1864), William C. Campbell (1930), and Colin Farrell (1976). After her are James Ussher (1581), Malcolm II of Scotland (954), Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), Brenda Fricker (1945), Bob Geldof (1951), and Sheridan Le Fanu (1814).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Mary Robinson ranks 11. Before her are Bertie Ahern (1951), Harald Gille (1103), John Boland (1870), Causantín mac Cináeda (836), Michael Collins (1890), and Brian Cowen (1960). After her are Malcolm II of Scotland (954), Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), Brian Boru (941), Edward Carson (1854), Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (1116), and Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785).

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