Michael D. Higgins
President of Ireland (2011-2018; 2018-2025) · Ireland · On the map · Politicians · Born 1941 · age 85
Michael Daniel Higgins is an Irish politician, poet and broadcaster who served as the president of Ireland from November 2011 to November 2025.
Michael D. Higgins is read about 565 times a day, in 82 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 11 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Catherine Connolly24 October 2025, Read more at the same timeCatherine Connolly
People around Michael
Family
Michael D. HigginsPartners
Is this everyone?
Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong. A marriage is drawn as ended only where its end is recorded, so a spouse drawn here may be a former one.
Correct this familyAlso in Deutsch
Media & music
Photos 8
Higgins and Ivana Bacik campaigning during the 2011 presidential race
Higgins meets with First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, June 2016
Higgins meeting U.S. president Joe Biden and ringing the Peace Bell, April 2023.
Higgins and his wife, Sabina, with Charles III, at a reception in Buckingham Palace, May 2023.
A piece of Higgins's poetry on a plaque in Cahir
Higgins, Derek Nolan and Eamon Gilmore on the campaign trail, Galway, 2009On YouTube
8.6K subscribersAwards
About this person
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.
