Mairead McGuinness

Mairead McGuinness
McGuinness in 2023
European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and
the Capital Markets Union
Assumed office
12 October 2020
PresidentUrsula von der Leyen
Preceded byValdis Dombrovskis
First Vice-President of the European Parliament
In office
18 January 2017 – 12 October 2020
PresidentAntonio Tajani
David Sassoli
Preceded byAntonio Tajani
Succeeded byRoberta Metsola
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1 July 2014 – 12 October 2020
ConstituencyMidlands–North-West
In office
1 July 2004 – 1 July 2014
ConstituencyEast
Personal details
Born
Mairead McGuinness

(1959-06-13) 13 June 1959 (age 65)
Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Political partyFine Gael
Other political
affiliations
European People's Party
Spouse
Tom Duff
(m. 1994)
Children4
EducationUniversity College Dublin
WebsiteOfficial website
Video-Introduction

Mairead McGuinness (born 13 June 1959) is an Irish politician serving as the European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union since October 2020. 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, making her Ireland's longest serving MEP.[1] In the European Parliament, she sat with the European People's Party (EPP).[2][3]

  1. ^ Gabriela Baczynska and Padraic Halpin (September 4, 2020), Ireland likely to lose EU trade portfolio as nominees submitted Archived 4 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine Reuters.
  2. ^ "Mairead McGuinness". European Parliament. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Press statement by the President of the European Commission". Periscope. 8 September 2020. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2020.