Michael Daniel Higgins Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Michael Daniel Higgins (Irish: Mícheál D. Ó hUiginn; born 18 April 1941) is the ninth and current President of Ireland, in office since 11 November 2011.Higgins is a politician, poet, sociologist, author and broadcaster. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency and was Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht from 1993 to 1997. He was the President of the Labour Party from 2003 until 2011, when he resigned following his election as President of Ireland.He made the first state visit of an Irish president to the United Kingdom in April 2014.
I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities for our people.
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Ireland has made its choice for the future and it has chosen the version of Irishness it will build. I know, and I will work with head and heart to be part of it with all of you in creating that future one in which all of us can be part of and part of us too.
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The connection has been lost between the country's direction, especially with regard to the way in which the economy has been run, and the citizen.
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I will be a President for all the people, whether they voted for me or not, whether they are young or old and particularly for the Irish abroad. I'm looking forward to it and I think it will be exciting and wonderful.
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Making an Irishness to be proud of in a real Republic. It is the vision of a real Republic where life and language, where ideals and experience have the ring of authenticity which we need now as we go forward.
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The necessary transformation of which I speak and of which my presidency will be a part is built on turning creative possibilities into live realities for all our people.
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I want to say to all of you that when I take my oath of office I will do my absolute best to use all of my abilities for all of the people of Ireland.
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I am delighted to be back home in Galway, the place I first came to as a 19-year-old in 1960. It's here where my heart is and will forever be.
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The reconnection of society, economy and ethics is a project we cannot postpone.
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Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises that many of the most valuable things in life cannot be measured.
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You are not speaking for yourself, but for Ireland.
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I am very glad as well that it is a presidency built on a campaign that emphasized ideas. I hope it will be a presidency that will enable everybody to be part of and proud of.
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The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next seven years had its four pillars - an inclusive citizenship, equality and participation and respect in a creative society creating an excellence in everything we Irish do.
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I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people.
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Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe.
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The presidency is an independent office and the Irish people whom I appreciate so much and I take with such responsibility have given a very clear mandate on a very clear set of ideas to me, as the ninth president.
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While the wider global environment is worrying, we are seeing some positive results in our economic affairs.
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I have encountered on this long road an enthusiasm for an Irishness which will be built on recognising again those sources from which spring the best of our reason and curiosity.
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Every age, after all, must have its own aisling and dream of a better, kinder, happier, shared world.
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I'm happy with the vote and the support. I'm very glad that it is so decisive. It will enable me to be a president for all of the people.
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I think the important thing now is to have a celebration and then with determination move into our common, shared, different future.
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We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate for a republic.
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I hope that at the end of the seven years, people will say that I have been of some inspirational value to them at home in terms of inclusiveness and abroad, I look forward to representing Ireland.
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I want to say a very sincere thank you for this welcome home - it is a wonderful welcome home. It is the place to where I return and where I will always return because it is of Galway that I am.
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Fact
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Was a long time personal friend of actor Peter O'Toole.
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A member of the Oireachtas, the Irish Parliament, from 1973 to 1977, 1981 to 1982 and 1987 to 2011, he served as Minister for the Gaeltacht from January 12, 1993 to November 17, 1994 in the Fianna Fáil-Labour coalition government and as Minister for the Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht from December 15, 1994 to June 26, 1997 in the Fine Gael-Labour-Democratic coalition government, known as the Rainbow Coalition.
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He was elected as the ninth President of Ireland on October 27, 2011.
Thanks
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Year
Status
Character
Space Truckers
1996
special thanks: Minister of Arts Culture and The Gaelacht
Self
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Year
Status
Character
60 Minutes Sports
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself - President, Ireland (segment "Hurling")
The Book That Wrote Itself
1999
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Fleadh Report
1997
TV Short documentary
Himself
Cinema in Ireland
1995
Himself
Archive Footage
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Year
Status
Character
60 Minutes Sports
2016
TV Series documentary
Himself - President, Ireland (segment "Hurling")
Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell
2014
TV Series
Himself - President of Ireland
Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone?
1995
Himself
Known for movies
Cinema in Ireland (1995) as Himself
The Book That Wrote Itself (1999) as Himself - Narrator
Fleadh Report (1997) as Himself
60 Minutes Sports (2015-2016) as Himself - President, Ireland (segment "Hurling")
$12 Million
