biography
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Mitchell, George (John)
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| lived:
| (1933– )
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| biography:
| US lawyer and politician, born in Waterville, Maine, USA. He became a lawyer, and a US attorney and district judge in Maine. Appointed senator for Maine in 1980, he achieved national prominence for his interrogation of Oliver North during the Iran-Contra investigation, and was elected Senate majority leader in 1989. He retired from the Senate in 1995, but was asked by Clinton to organize a conference on the IRA ceasefire in Northern Ireland, and to chair the talks on paramilitary decommissioning of arms. He became internationally known as the mediator in charge of the talks leading to the Good Friday agreement in April 1998, and again as the leader of the review of the peace process which led to the establishment of the devolved national Assembly in November 1999. |
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