Mairead McGuinness

Mairead McGuinness is an Irish politician who served as the European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union from October 2020 to November 2024. A member of Fine Gael, she previously served as First Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2017 to 2020. She served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for East from 2004 to 2014 and for Midlands–North-West from 2014 to 2020. In the European Parliament, she sat with the European People's Party (EPP). She was selected as Fine Gael's nominee for the 2025 Irish presidential election after being nominated unopposed but she withdrew from the race following medical advice after a hospital stay.