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Gro Harlem Brundtland Mary Robinson
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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  • Born Mary Bourke 1944 in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland
  • Studied law at Trinity College, Dublin
  • Further studies at Harvard University, USA
  • At 25, became youngest Professor of Law at Trinity College, Dublin
  • 1969 elected to Irish Senate
  • December 1970 married and went on to have three children
  • Worked as lawyer
  • December 1990 elected President of Ireland
  • 1997 took up post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
       
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