Stephen O'Brien

Stephen Rothwell O'Brien (born 1 April 1957) is the United Nations' Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. He assumed office on 29 May 2015, succeeding Valerie Amos. He was formerly a Member of the United Kingdom Parliament (MP), representing Eddisbury. He was first elected in a by-election in July 1999, after Alastair Goodlad was made British High Commissioner in Australia by Tony Blair and thus had to leave Parliament. A member of the Conservative Party, within the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition he was appointed as the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Department for International Development. In September 2013 he became the Prime Minister's Envoy to the Sahel, encompassing nine countries across North and West Africa. In order to take up the position of United Nations Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, he stood down from the UK Parliament.

Early life

He was born in Mtwara, Tanganyika Territory, and educated at Loretto School in Mombasa, at the Handbridge School (Chester), the Heronwater School (Abergele), Sedbergh School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he gained an MA in Law in 1979, then collected an MA from the College of Law in Chester in 1980. After two years Articles, he qualified as a Solicitor in 1983 and practised until 1988 at solicitors Freshfields (City of London). From 1988–98, he was Group secretary and Director of Strategic and Corporate Affairs at Redland plc. He was the Executive Director of Redland Clay Tile in Mexico from 1994–98. O'Brien is a former member of the SDP.

Stephen O'Brien (Kerry footballer)

Stephen O'Brien (born 27 February 1991) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Kenmare Shamrocks and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2014. He started the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final at right half forward.

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Stephen O'Brien (Gaelic footballer)

Stephen O'Brien (born 1969 in Cork, Ireland) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Nemo Rangers and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1988 until 1995. O'Brien is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation.

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O'Brien

The O'Brien dynasty were a royal dynasty who ruled Thomond, Ireland.

O'Brien is a common surname. See List of people named O'Brien.

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O'Brien (TV series)

O'Brien is a British talk show presented by James O'Brien. It was broadcast on ITV from 30 March 2015 to 10 April 2015.

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Reception

The majority has been negative with Gerard O'Donovan of The Daily Telegraph describing the show as "low rent" and "disappointing".

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List of people named O'Brien

O'Brien is a surname of Irish origin which has many variants in the Irish diaspora worldwide, such as O'Bryan, O'Brian, O'Briant, O'Brient, O'Bryant, O'Brine, O'Bryen etc., which all claim a general common ancestry with the original Gaelic surname being Ó Briain or Uí Briain. Notable people with the surname include:

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