What is Michael D. Higgins?
{{update|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[Excellency|His Excellency]] |birthname = Michael Daniel Higgins |image = File:2022 Michael D. Higgins (51988246304) (cropped).jpg |caption = Michael D. Higgins in April 2022 |office = 9th [[President of Ireland]] |[[Taoiseach]] |term_start = 11 November 2011 |term_end = |taoiseach = [[Enda Kenny]] <br> [[Leo Varadkar]] <br> [[Micheál Martin]] <br> Leo Varadkar <br> [[Simon Harris]] <br> Micheál Martin |predecessor = [[Mary McAleese]] |successor = |office1 = [[Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs|Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht]] |term_start1 = 15 December 1994 |term_end1 = 26 June 1997 |predecessor1 = [[Bertie Ahern]] |successor1 = [[Síle de Valera]] |term_start2 = 12 January 1993 |term_end2 = 17 November 1994 |predecessor2 = [[John P. Wilson|John Wilson]] |successor2 = [[Bertie Ahern]] |office3 = [[Teachta Dála]] |term_start3 = 17 February 1987 |term_end3 = 25 February 2011 |predecessor3 = [[Fintan Coogan, Jnr|Fintan Coogan]] |successor3 = [[Derek Nolan]] |term_start4 = 11 June 1981 |term_end4 = 24 November 1982 |predecessor4 = Seat established |successor4 = [[Fintan Coogan, Jnr|Fintan Coogan]] |constituency4 = [[Galway West (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Galway West]] |office5 = [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]] |term_start5 = 23 February 1983 |term_end5 = 3 April 1987 |constituency5 = [[National University of Ireland (constituency)|National University of Ireland]] |term_start6 = 1 June 1973 |term_end6 = 26 May 1977 |constituency6 = [[Nominated members of Seanad Éireann|Taoiseach's nominee]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|4|18|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Limerick]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = Independent,<br>[[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] (1968–2011) |spouse = {{marriage|Sabina Coyne|1974}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Michael D. H