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Michael D. Higgins

Also known as Michael Daniel Higgins, Michael Higgins, President Michael D. Higgins, President Michael Daniel Higgins, President Higgins, President Michael Higgins, Mícheál Dónal Ó hUigínn, Mícheál Ó hUigínn

President of Ireland (2011–2018; 2018–2025)

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Michael D. Higgins is the President of Ireland who has served in that role since 2011. As the head of state of Ireland, he represents the country both domestically and internationally during his presidency.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1941
Works: 11

Top works

The Irish presidency
Burren national park study
Burren national park study
Burren national park study
An arid season

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Ireland
Active from: 1941

Official site

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 588
Total plays: 2,307

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 85,293x
CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice
· 1994 · cited 51,844x
Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses
· 2003 · cited 51,739x
Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,753x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,862x

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Official website

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Official website: president.ie
Image: 2022 Michael D. Higgins (51988246304) (cropped).jpg
Number of children: 4

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date of birth: 1941-04-18
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nickname: Miggeldy
name in native language: Michael D. Higgins
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birth name: Michael Daniel Higgins

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Michael Daniel Higgins (Irish: Mícheál Dónal Ó hUigínn; born 18 April 1941) is an Irish politician, poet and broadcaster who served as the president of Ireland from November 2011 to November 2025. Entering national politics through the Labour Party, he served as a senator from 1973 to 1977 and a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1981 to 1982, returning to the Seanad from 1983 to 1987 and the Dáil from 1987 to 2011. He served as minister for arts, culture and the Gaeltacht from 1993 to 1997 and as mayor of Galway from 1981 to 1982 and 1990 to 1991.

Higgins was elected president of Ireland in 2011 after being nominated by the Labour Party. He ran for a second term in 2018 and was re-elected in a landslide victory, with his 822,566 first-preference votes being the largest personal mandate in the history of the Republic of Ireland until Catherine Connolly's election as president in 2025. His second presidential inauguration took place on 11 November 2018.