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Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (Máire Mhic Róibín)[1] (May 21, 1944 - ) was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002.
She first rose to prominence as an academic, barrister, campaigner, and member of the Irish senate (1969–1989). She defeated Fianna Fáil's Brian Lenihan and Fine Gael's Austin Currie in the 1990 presidential election becoming, as an Independent candidate nominated by the Labour Party, the Workers' Party of Ireland, and independent senators, the first elected president in the office's history not to have the support of Fianna Fáil.[2]
She is credited by many as having revitalized and liberalized a previously conservative political office.
Robinson resigned the presidency four months ahead of the end of her term of office to take up her post as delegate in the United Nations. She was succeeded by Mary McAleese, becoming the first woman to suc