Patrick Hillery
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1923-05-02
- Died
- 2008-04-12
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Ar scáth a chéile
- Community social policy
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 75,924x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,451x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,828x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,765x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,495x
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Key facts
- Taoiseach
- Liam Cosgrave Jack Lynch Charles Haughey Garret FitzGerald
- Preceded by
- Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
- Succeeded by
- Mary Robinson
- President
- François-Xavier Ortoli
- Constituency
- Clare
- Born
- ( 1923-05-02 ) 2 May 1923, Spanish Point , County Clare, Ireland
- Died
- 12 April 2008 (2008-04-12) (aged 84), Glasnevin , Dublin, Ireland
- Resting place
- St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton
- Party
- Fianna Fáil
- Spouse
- Maeve Finnegan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1955 )
- Alma mater
- University College Dublin Royal College of Surgeons
- Profession
- Medical doctor politician diplomat
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 2 May 1923
- Died
- 12 April 2008
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Patrick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Irish Free State
- Place of birth
- Milltown Malbay
- Place of death
- Dublin
- Spouse
- Maeve Hillery
- Occupation
- President of the Republic
- Position held
- Teachta Dála
- Educated at
- University College Dublin
Article
Patrick John Hillery (Irish: Pádraig J. Ó hIrghile; 2 May 1923 – 12 April 2008) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the president of Ireland from December 1976 to December 1990. He also served as vice-president of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Social Affairs from 1973 to 1976, Minister for External Affairs from 1969 to 1973, Minister for Labour from 1966 to 1969, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1965 to 1969 and Minister for Education from 1959 to 1965. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency from 1951 to 1973.
In 1973, he was appointed Ireland's first European Commissioner, upon Ireland's accession to the European Economic Community, serving until 1976, when he became President of Ireland. He served two terms in the presidency. Though seen as a somewhat lacklustre president, he was credited with bringing stability and dignity to the office, and won widespread admiration when it emerged that he had withstood political pressure from his own Fianna Fáil party during a political crisis in 1982.
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