Seán MacBride

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Seán MacBride was an Irish statesman, former IRA chief of staff, and prominent human rights advocate who co-founded Amnesty International and received the Nobel Peace Prize.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish politician
Nobel Peace Prize laureate
human
human rights activist
lawyer
statesman
awardReceived American Medal of Justice
Lenin Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
Right Livelihood Award
UNESCO Silver Medal for Service
coFounded Amnesty International
countryOfBirth France
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
countryOfDeath Ireland
dateOfBirth 1904-01-26
dateOfDeath 1988-01-15
educatedAt Honoré de Balzac Lyceum (Paris)
University College Dublin
familyName MacBride
givenName Seán
languagesSpoken English
French
Irish
memberOf Clann na Poblachta
Irish Republican Army
notableWork advocacy for international human rights law
campaigning against nuclear weapons
work on decolonisation and self-determination
occupation activist
barrister
diplomat
politician
officeEndTime 1951
officeStartTime 1948
parent John MacBride
Maud Gonne
placeOfBirth Paris
placeOfDeath Dublin
positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army
Minister for External Affairs of Ireland
Teachta Dála
servedAs Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations
Chairman of the International Peace Bureau
Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists
UN Commissioner for Namibia
Vice-President of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
sexOrGender male
spouse Catalina (Kitty) O’Reilly
workedAs defence lawyer in political trials


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