# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-d-higgins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:55:56.208Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-d-higgins"
name: "Michael D. Higgins"
slug: "michael-d-higgins"
description: "Michael Daniel Higgins 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."
tagline: "President of Ireland (2011–2018; 2018–2025)"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1941-04-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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totalFollowers: 8550
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump