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Michael McDowell is a former Tánaiste, Minister for Justice and Attorney General of Ireland, and served three terms as a member of Dáil Éireann between 1987 and 2007. He was founding chairman of the Progressive Democrats in 1985. From 1999 to 2007 he played a significant role in the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and the St Andrews Agreement. He was educated at Gonzaga College, Dublin, 1959–1968. He graduated in Economics, Politics, Roman Law and Jurisprudence at University College Dublin. He qualified as a barrister in 1974 and was called to the Inner Bar in 1987. He practises as a Senior Counsel at The Bar of Ireland. He has played a leading role in a succession of referendum debates in relation to amendments to the Irish Constitution. In 2016, at the request of the late Senator Feargal Quinn, he stood successfully for the NUI constituency in Seanad Éireann, and was re-elected in 2020 and in 2025, securing the largest ever NUI vote. Michael McDowell is married to Professor Niamh Brennan, and they have three sons and two grandchildren.