Emily O'Reilly | |
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European Ombudsman | |
Assumed office 1 October 2013 | |
Preceded by | Nikiforos Diamandouros |
Irish Ombudsman | |
In office 1 June 2003 – 29 September 2013 | |
Preceded by | Kevin Murphy |
Succeeded by | Peter Tyndall |
Information Commissioner | |
In office 1 June 2003 – 29 September 2013 | |
Preceded by | Kevin Murphy |
Succeeded by | Peter Tyndall |
Emily O'Reilly is an author and former journalist and broadcaster who became Ireland's first female Ombudsman in 2003, succeeding Kevin Murphy.[1] On 3 July 2013, she was voted European Ombudsman by the European Parliament.[2] She was re-elected in 2014[3] and in 2019,[4] in each case for a mandate of five more years. She was educated at University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, and Harvard University, where she was awarded a Nieman Fellowship in journalism.[5]
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