Patricia McKenna

Patricia McKenna ( born March 13, 1957 in Monaghan ) is an Irish politician and former member of the Green Party. Since 2010 she has been President of the Europeans United for Democracy, a political party at European level.

In 1994, the former teacher and Nuala Ahern was elected as the first members of their party in the European Parliament. There McKenna belonged to the faction of the Greens / European Free Alliance. After successful re-election in 1999, she lost her seat in 2004 in the European Parliament. 2007 McKenna candidate for the party presidency of the Green Party, but could not prevail against John Gormley himself. In 2009, she resigned from the Green Party. The taking place in the same year European elections they ran as an independent candidate, but was able to win a mandate.

McKenna is married and lives with her ​​husband and three children in Glasnevin.