Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Why Is Mary Robinson Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Mary Therese Winifred Robinson is an Irish politician who was the 7th president of Ireland, serving from December 1990 to September 1997, the first woman to hold this office. Prior to her election, Robinson was a senator in between 1969 and 1989, and a councilor on Dublin Corporation from 1979 to 1983. Though briefly affiliated with the Labour Party while a senator, she became the first independent candidate to win the presidency and the first not to have had the support of Fianna Fáil. Following her time as president, Robinson became the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002.
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What Schools Are Affiliated With Mary Robinson?
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