mary robinson

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Definition of mary robinson in English English dictionary

orig. Mary Bourke born May 21, 1944, Ballina, County Mayo, Ire. Irish politician, first woman president of Ireland (1990-97). She earned a law degree at the University of Dublin, where she became a professor of law (1969-75). She served in the Irish senate (1969-89) as a Labour Party member. Nominated by the Labour Party and supported by the Green Party and the Workers' Party, she became Ireland's first woman president in 1990 by mobilizing a liberal constituency and merging it with a more conservative constituency opposed to the Fianna Fáil party. In 1997 she left office a few months before her term expired to take up the post of UN high commissioner for human rights

Hyphenation

Ma·ry Rob·in·son

Turkish pronunciation

meri räbınsın

Pronunciation

/ˈmerē ˈräbənsən/ /ˈmɛriː ˈrɑːbənsən/