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Seán MacBride (26 January 1904 – 15 January 1988) was an Irish Clann na Poblachta politician who served as Minister for External Affairs from 1948 to 1951, Leader of Clann na Poblachta from 1946 to 1965 and Chief of Staff of the IRA from 1936 to 1937.
Seán MacBride was a human rights activist and a former IRA member who helped found Amnesty International. He also served as UN Commissioner for Namibia and played a role in the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights.
Seán MacBride (born Jan. 26, 1904, Paris, France—died Jan. 15, 1988, Dublin, Ire.) was an Irish statesman who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1974 for his efforts on behalf of human rights.
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Minister for External Affairs for Ireland in Inter-Party Government. In 1954 was offered but declined, Ministerial Office in Irish Government. Vice-President of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC). President, Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe.
MacBride, Seán (1904–88), lawyer and politician, was born in Paris on 26 January 1904. He was the only child of the marriage of Major John MacBride (qv) and (Edith) Maud Gonne (qv) and was baptised under the name Seaghan, but invariably used the more familiar spelling of Seán.
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Seán MacBride received the Peace Prize for his efforts on behalf of human rights, among other things as one of the founders of Amnesty International. In 1974 he was also Chairman of the International Peace Bureau and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, and had recently been elected UN Commissioner for Namibia.
