Peter Sutherland
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Peter Sutherland GCIH KCMG SC |
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| UN Special Representative for International Migration | |
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Assumed office January 2006 |
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| Chairman of Goldman Sachs | |
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In office 1 July 1995 – 1 May 2015 |
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| Director-General of the World Trade Organization | |
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In office 1 July 1993 – 1 May 1995 |
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| Preceded by |
Arthur Dunkel (as Director-General of the GATT) |
| Succeeded by | Renato Ruggiero |
| European Commissioner for Competition | |
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In office 7 January 1985 – 5 January 1989 |
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| President | Jacques Delors |
| Preceded by | Frans Andriessen |
| Succeeded by | Leon Brittan |
| 19th Attorney General of Ireland | |
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In office 30 June 1981 – 9 March 1982 |
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| Taoiseach | Garret FitzGerald |
| Preceded by | Anthony J. Hederman |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Connolly |
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In office 15 December 1982 – 12 December 1984 |
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| Taoiseach | Garret FitzGerald |
| Preceded by | John L. Murray |
| Succeeded by | John Rogers |
| Personal details | |
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Peter Denis Sutherland 25 April 1946 Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse(s) | Maruja |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Peter Denis Sutherland (born 25 April 1946) is an Irish international businessman and former Attorney General of Ireland, associated with the Fine Gael party. He is a barrister by profession and is a Senior Counsel of the Irish Bar. He is known for serving in a variety of international organisations, political and business roles. Sutherland is the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration. Appointed in January 2006, he has been responsible for the creation of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD). He is President of the International Catholic Migration Commission, as well as member of the Migration Advisory Board of the International Organisation for Migration.
Sutherland has previously served as Attorney General of Ireland (1981–84), European Commissioner responsible for Competition Policy (1985–89); Founding Director-General of The World Trade Organisation,formerly GATT (1993–95), and former Chairman of Goldman Sachs International (1995–2015). He has received numerous awards including European Person of the Year Award (1988).
Of Irish nationality, Sutherland was born in Dublin in 1946 and was educated at Gonzaga College, Ranelagh, Dublin. He is of partial Scottish ancestry. He graduated in Civil Law at University College Dublin and practiced at the Irish Bar between 1969 and 1980. He married his wife, Maruja Sutherland, a Spaniard, in 1974.
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