Emily O'Reilly

Emily O'Reilly
O'Reilly in 2015
European Ombudsman
In office
1 October 2013  31 December 2024
Preceded byNikiforos Diamandouros
Succeeded byTeresa Anjinho
Irish Ombudsman
In office
1 June 2003  29 September 2013
Preceded byKevin Murphy
Succeeded byPeter Tyndall
Information Commissioner
In office
1 June 2003  29 September 2013
Preceded byKevin Murphy
Succeeded byPeter Tyndall

Emily O'Reilly is an author and former journalist and broadcaster who became Ireland's first female Ombudsman in 2003, succeeding Kevin Murphy. On 3 July 2013, she was voted European Ombudsman by the European Parliament. She was re-elected in 2014 and in 2019, in each case for a mandate of five more years. She was educated at University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, and Harvard University, where she was awarded a Nieman Fellowship in journalism.