George J. Mitchell
| George J. Mitchell | |
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| United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace | |
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In office January 22, 2009 – May 13, 2011 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Tony Zinni (2003) |
| Succeeded by | David Hale |
| Chancellor of the Queen's University, Belfast | |
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In office May 5, 1999 – March 29, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | David Orr |
| Succeeded by | Kamalesh Sharma |
| United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland | |
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In office January 3, 1995 – January 20, 2001 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Richard Haass |
| Senate Majority Leader | |
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In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1995 |
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| Deputy |
Alan Cranston Wendell Ford |
| Preceded by | Robert Byrd |
| Succeeded by | Bob Dole |
| 2nd Deputy President pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
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In office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 |
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| Leader | Robert Byrd |
| Preceded by | Hubert Humphrey (1978) |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
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United States Senator from Maine |
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In office May 17, 1980 – January 3, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Edmund Muskie |
| Succeeded by | Olympia Snowe |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine | |
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In office October 5, 1979 – May 16, 1980 |
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| Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Conrad Cyr |
| Personal details | |
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George John Mitchell, Jr. August 20, 1933 Waterville, Maine, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Sally Heath (1961–1987) Heather MacLachlan (1994–present) |
| Children | 3 |
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Bowdoin College (B.A.) Georgetown University (J.D.) |
| Religion | Maronite Catholicism |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1954–1956 |
| Rank | First Lieutenant |
| Unit | Counterintelligence Corps |
George John Mitchell Jr. (born August 20, 1933) is an American lawyer, businessman and politician. A Democrat, Mitchell served as a United States Senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995 and as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995.
Since retiring from the Senate, Mitchell has taken up a variety of positions in politics and business. He has taken a leading role in negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East, being specifically appointed United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland (1995–2001) by President Clinton and as United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (2009–2011) by President Obama. He was a primary architect of the 1996 Mitchell Principles and the 1998 Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, and was the main investigator in two "Mitchell Reports", one on the Arab–Israeli conflict (2001) and one on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball (2007).
Mitchell served as chairman of The Walt Disney Company from March 2004 until January 2007, and later as chairman of the international law firm DLA Piper. He was the Chancellor of Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from 1999 to 2009. Mitchell currently serves as a co-chair of the Housing Commission at the Bipartisan Policy Center.
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