Maurice Manning
Maurice Manning | |
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Senator | |
In office 25 April 1987 – 12 September 2002 | |
In office 8 October 1981 – 18 February 1982 | |
Constituency | Cultural and Educational Panel |
Teachta Dála | |
In office February 1982–February 1987 | |
Constituency | Dublin North-East |
Personal details | |
Born | Bagenalstown,County Carlow,Ireland | 14 June 1943
Political party | Fine Gael |
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Alma mater | |
Maurice Manning(born 14 June 1943) is an Irish academic and formerFine Gaelpolitician. Manning was a member of theOireachtasfor 21 years, serving in both theDáiland theSeanad.[1]On 12 March 2009 he was elected Chancellor of theNational University of Ireland,while remaining president of the Human Rights Commission. From 2002 to 2014, he was president of theIrish Human Rights Commission.
Early life
[edit]Manning was born inBagenalstown,County Carlow,and educated atPresentation De La Salle Collegethere. He attendedRockwell College,University College Dublin(UCD) and theUniversity of Strathclyde.He earned a BA and MA from UCD, which in 2000 awarded him a DLitt.[2][3]An academic by background, Manning previously lectured in the politics department of UCD. He is a member of the Senate of the National University of Ireland and of the Governing Authority of UCD, and was a member of the Governing Authority of theEuropean University InstituteatFlorence.He has written several books on modern Irish politics, including a biography ofJames Dillon,[4]apolitical novel[5]and a history of theBlueshirtsmovement.[6]
Political career
[edit]Manning first stood for election in 1979 as aFine Gaelcandidate for theDublin constituencyat thefirst European Parliament election,when he did not win a seat. He was unsuccessful again when he stood at the1981 general electionin theDublin North-Eastconstituency,[7]but was then elected on theCultural and Educational Panelto the15th Seanad.[1]
At theFebruary 1982 Dáil electionhe stood again in Dublin North-East, winning a seat in the23rd Dáil Éireann.He retained his seat at theNovember 1982 general election,but was defeated at the1987 general election.He stood again in Dublin North-East at the1989 general election,and inDublin Southat the1992 general electionbut never returned to the Dáil.[1]
After his 1987 defeat he was elected to the18th Seanad,again on the Cultural and Educational Panel, and was re-elected three more times until he did not contest the 2002 election to the22nd Seanad,when Fine Gael chose not to nominate him.[citation needed]After the2002 general electionManning had initially announced his intention to stand down, but whenEnda Kennywas elected as party leader, he stayed on. However following the loss of 20 Dáil seats in 2002, the party's nominating committee chose to prioritise candidates who could challenge for Dáil seats at the next election, and he was not nominated. It was reported that this may have been related to a dispute with the Fine Gael Chairman, SenatorPádraic McCormack,whom Manning had threatened to challenge for the chairmanship.[8]
In the early 1980s Manning was a member of theNew Ireland Forumand later of theBritish–Irish Parliamentary Assembly.He served as Leader of the Seanad from 1995 to 1997,[1]and as Leader of the Opposition in the Seanad from 1997 to 2002.
Human Rights Commission
[edit]As president of the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC), he represented it from October 2006 in two successive two-year terms when the IHRC has chaired theEuropean Group of National Human Rights Institutions.[9]The IHRC has also represented the European Group within the Bureau of theGlobal Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions,[10]the global network of NHRIs closely associated with theOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.In 2012, with plans announced to merge the IHRC with the Equality Authority, it was expected that Manning would be appointed as the first head of theIrish Human Rights and Equality Commission;however, he did not receive that appointment.
References
[edit]- ^abcd"Maurice Manning".Oireachtas Members Database.Retrieved15 January2008.
- ^"Profile at UCD website".University College Dublin.Retrieved3 March2013.
- ^Seanad Debates,15 December 2000
- ^Maurice Manning,James Dillon: A Biography(Dublin: Wolfhound Press, 2000)ISBN0-86327-823-X.
- ^Maurice Manning,Betrayal(Dublin: Blackwater Press, 1997).
- ^Maurice Manning,The Blueshirts,Dublin, Gill & Macmillan Ltd, 2006.
- ^"Maurice Manning".ElectionsIreland.org.Retrieved15 January2008.
- ^"Quidnunc".The Irish Times.29 June 2002.Retrieved15 January2008.
- ^"Dr. Maurice Manning elected to chair the European Group of NHRIs".National Human Rights Institutions Forum. 20 October 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 19 July 2011.Retrieved15 January2008.
- ^"International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions".National Human Rights Institutions Forum.Retrieved15 January2008.
- 1943 births
- Living people
- Academics of University College Dublin
- Members of Dublin City Council
- Fine Gael TDs
- Members of the 15th Seanad
- Members of the 23rd Dáil
- Members of the 24th Dáil
- Members of the 18th Seanad
- Members of the 19th Seanad
- Members of the 20th Seanad
- Members of the 21st Seanad
- Politicians from County Carlow
- People educated at Rockwell College
- Alumni of University College Dublin
- Alumni of the University of Strathclyde
- Fine Gael senators
- Chancellors of the National University of Ireland
- Cultural and Educational Panel senators