12.03.2009
At an election meeting held today at the NUI office in Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Dr Maurice Manning was elected Chancellor of the National University of Ireland. He succeeds Dr Garret FitzGerald, who announced his retirement from the position last August. Dr Manning is the fifth Chancellor of the University since its establishment in 1908, his predecessors being Archbishop William Walsh (1908 - 1921), Dr Eamon de Valera (1921 - 1975), Dr T.K. Whitaker (1976 - 1997) and Dr Garret FitzGerald (1997 - 2009).Dr Manning was born in Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, educated at de la Salle Schools Bagenalstown, Rockwell College, University College Dublin and the University of Strathclyde.
He has been a member of the NUI Senate for twenty seven years, having been elected on the graduate panel in every election since 1982; he served on the Governing Authority of UCD from 1979 to 2008; he spent much of his academic career in the Department of Politics at UCD where he established a reputation for his teaching, his closeness to students and his publications. He has published widely and is currently Adjunct Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations at UCD. He is also currently Chair of the Publishing Committee of the Institute of Public Administration.
Dr Manning has served in both Dáil and Seanad Éireann. During that time he was a member of the New Ireland Forum, and the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body. He was both leader of Seanad Éireann and Leader of the Opposition in that House.
Maurice Manning is the President of the Irish Human Rights Commission and is Chair of the European Group of National Human Rights Institutions..
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