Mairead McGuinness

Mairead McGuinness
McGuinness in 2024
European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union
In office
12 October 2020 – 30 November 2024
PresidentUrsula von der Leyen
Preceded byValdis Dombrovskis
Succeeded byMaria Luís Albuquerque
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 (1959-06-13) 13 June 1959
Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Political partyFine Gael
Other political
affiliations		European People's Party
Spouse(s)
Tom Duff
​
(m. 1994)​
Children4
EducationUniversity College Dublin
WebsiteOfficial website

Mairead McGuinness (born 13 June 1959) is an Irish politician. She was the European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union from 2020 until 2024. She is a member of Fine Gael. She was First Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2017 to 2020. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for East from 2004 to 2014 and for Midlands–North-West from 2014 to 2020. McGuinness was Ireland’s longest serving MEP.[1] She ran for President of Ireland in the 2025 presidential election.

References

  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.
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