She succeeded Patrick J Hillery.
Douglas Hyde became President of Ireland in 1938 and remained until his term of office finished in 1945
No person who is not elligible to be President can become Vice-President. No person may be elected more than twice to the office of President. There is disagreement as to whether this prevents a former President from serving as a Vice-President, since he would not have been elected to the office of President should he succeed to that office due to the death or disability of the President. But he clearly would be prevented from running for election after filling out the remainder of the term of a President who died in office.
The Vice President could become Acting President in the event of Presidential disability, and there is no codified term. A new Vice President would not be nominated. Should the Vice President succeed to the Presidency, then he would serve out the remainder of that President's term, and a new Vice President would ordinarily be nominated to fill the Vice President's unexpired term.
No he did not become president.
John Hanson was the succession to become the president.
Richard Nixon was the only vice president to become president that did not succeed the president he served under.
You must be at least 35 years old to become president of Ireland.
Ireland's head of government is called a Taoiseach, not a Prime Minister. There has never been a female Taoiseach. The head of state is the President. Ireland has had two female presidents, first Mary Robinson (1990 - 1997) and then Mary McAleese (1997 - 2011).
John Adams ran as a Federalist and won to become the next president after Washington.
No, the Vice President is.
Tom O Higgins
Yes, that is true. According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, the Speaker of the House of Representatives is second in line to succeed the President, after the Vice President, in case of a vacancy in the office of the President.
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.
It means to become the new president-- to follow in the office of president. "succeed" is this sense means to follow after. It is the opposite of "precede" which means to go before. English is a funny language sometimes- someone who precedes is called a "predecessor" and someone who succeeds, in this sense, is called a "successor"
No, Ireland had a President from 1937, but did not become a republic until 1949 It was technically a "Free State"- similar to Canada, Australia, etc
Douglas Hyde became President of Ireland in 1938 and remained until his term of office finished in 1945
Oireachtas Éireann, which consist of Dáil Éireann, Seanad Éireann and the President of Ireland, who ultimately signs legislation to become laws.