Hazel Chu | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Chu in 2021 as Lord Mayor of Dublin | |
| Dublin City Councillor | |
| Assumed office 24 May 2019 | |
| Constituency | Pembroke |
| Lord Mayor of Dublin | |
| In office 29 June 2020 – 28 June 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Brabazon |
| Succeeded by | Alison Gilliland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 November 1980 Dublin, Ireland |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | |
| Website | greenparty |
Hazel Chu (born 3 November 1980)[1][2] is an Irish Green Party politician who has been a member of Dublin City Council since May 2019. She was elected Cathaoirleach (chairperson) of the Irish Green Party in December 2019,[3] and was succeeded by Senator Pauline O'Reilly in December 2021. She was the first Irish-born person of Chinese descent elected to political office on the island of Ireland.[4][5][a] She served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2020 to 2021, and in doing so became the first person of Chinese ethnicity to be mayor of a European capital.[6]
- ^ McCarthy, Mary (16 July 2020). "This Working Life: The stress of politics? I'm thinking of taking up boxing gloves next". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ Hazel Chu [@hazechu] (3 November 2020). "Woke up to this lovely conversation this morning" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Quann, Jack (29 November 2019). "Hazel Chu elected Cathaoirleach of The Green Party". newstalk. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ O Neill, Bronwyn (31 May 2019). "Woman of the Week: How Hazel Chu made history this election season". evoke.ie. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ O’Donoghue, Denise (12 August 2019). "'This is happening in our own country': Dublin councillor Hazel Chu hits out at racist abuse and Nazi salutes". BreakingNews.ie. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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