1997
Mary McAleese was elected President of Ireland on 30th October 1997 gaining 45% of the vote. After her first term, McAleese was returned unopposed for a second term.
Mary McAleese was born in the Ardoyne district of Belfast, Northern Ireland,
Michael D. Higgins is the current president of Ireland and succeeded Mary McAleese on the 11th of November 2011.
Mary McAleese stopped being President of Ireland on November, 11, 2011 and was succeeded by Michael. D. Higgins.
No. Mary McAleese was Ireland's president from 1997 to 2011. The president of Ireland is the head of state, but not the head of government. So Mary McAleese was not the government of Ireland. Since November 2011, Michael D. Higgins has been the president of Ireland. The head of a government in Ireland is known as a Taoiseach. Currently, in November 2012, the Taoiseach is Enda Kenny.
Mary McAleese.
On the 20th of January 2011, Mary McAleese was the President of Ireland.
Mary McAleese is no longer the president of Ireland. She was succeeded by Michael D. Higgins in November 2011, and he now lives in Áras an Úachtaráin, which is the official residence of an Irish president. Mary McAleese has returned to being a private citizen.
The head of state in Ireland is the president. The current president (June 2011) is Mary McAleese, whose term will end later in 2011. Ireland does not have a vice president, so there is no vice leader of Ireland. The head of government, known as a Taoiseach, has a deputy, known as a Tánaiste, but neither of these can be considered the vice leader of the country.
From 1997 to 2011, Mary McAleese was the president of Ireland. For that period she was an important person. She has now returned to being an ordinary citizen of Ireland.
Mary McAleese is 178 cm.
Mary McAleese is a former President of Ireland and Bertie Ahern is a former Taoiseach, which is the title for the head of the Irish government.