Michael D. Higgins

About Michael D. Higgins

On November 11, 2011, he became the ninth President of Ireland. He is an Irish politician, poet, sociologist, novelist, and broadcaster. He was initially elected to Dáil Éireann, Ireland's lower house, as a Labour Party TD in the 1981 general election.

Michael Daniel Higgins is an Irish politician, poet, sociologist, and broadcaster, who has served as the ninth president of Ireland since November 2011. He served as a Teachta Dála for the Galway West constituency from 1981 to 1982 and 1987 to 2011. He served as Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht from 1993 to 1997 and Mayor of Galway from 1981 to 1982 and 1990 to 1991. He was a senator from 1973 to 1977, after being nominated by the taoiseach and from 1983 to 1987 for the National University of Ireland. He was the President of the Labour Party from 2003 to 2011, until he resigned following his election as President of Ireland. He has used his time in office to address issues concerning justice, social equality, social inclusion, anti-sectarianism, anti-racism and reconciliation. He made the first state visit by an Irish president to the United Kingdom in April 2014. Higgins ran for a second term as President of Ireland in 2018 and was re-elected in a landslide victory.

Preceded by	Mary McAleese
Nationality	Irish
Residence	Áras an Uachtaráin
Political party	Independent (since 2011)
Born	Michael Daniel Higgins, April 18, 1941, Limerick, Ireland
Taoiseach	Enda Kenny, Leo Varadkar, Micheál Martin
Children	4, including Alice

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Michael D. Higgins before fame

He was the president of the University College Galway Student's Union.

Achievement of Michael D. Higgins

He has had poems published in a number of periodicals as well as publishing three collections of his poetry, including The Betrayal in 1990.

Salary 2020

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Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Michael D. Higgins family life

With his actress wife Sabina Coyne, whom he married in 1974, he has four children.

Associations of Michael D. Higgins

He, like David Trimble, is a well-known Irish politician.

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