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A graduate of University College Dublin, Sutherland was appointed Attorney General of Ireland in the governments of Garret FitzGerald, and as a European Commissioner when he was a member of the first Delors Commission. Subsequently he was Director General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (now the World Trade Organisation). During his second term as Attorney General, he advised the FitzGerald government on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland which introduced a constitutional ban on abortion. University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin - more commonly University College Dublin (UCD) or recently as UCD Dublin - is the Republic of Irelands largest university, with over 20,000 students. ... The Attorney General (Irish: An Ard-Aighne) is the official adviser to the Irish Government in matters of law. ... Dr. Garret FitzGerald (Irish name: Gearóid MacGearailt) (born February 9, 1926) was the seventh Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, serving two terms in office; July 1981 to February 1982, and December 1982 to March 1987. ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ... Third Delors Commission The Delors Commission was the European Commission that held office from 1985 until 1995, which consists of three terms. ... The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (typically abbreviated GATT) was originally created by the Bretton Woods Conference as part of a larger plan for economic recovery after World War II. The GATTs main purpose was to reduce barriers to international trade. ... For other uses of the initials WTO, see WTO (disambiguation). ... The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, the founding legal document of the Republic of Ireland, introduced the controversial constitutional ban on abortion. ...

He has also served as Chairman of BP and Goldman Sachs International (a registered UK broker-dealer, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs), as well as on the board of ABB. Sutherland is currently a non-executive director of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. BP plc (LSE: BP, NYSE: BP, TYO: 5051 ), originally British Petroleum, is a British energy company with headquarters in London, one of six vertically integrated private sector oil, natural gas, and petrol (gasoline) supermajors in the world. ... Goldman Sachs, Inc. ... Goldman Sachs offices at the Fraumünsterplatz in Zürich (the light-colored building on the left) The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ... ABB, formerly Asea Brown Boveri, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, operating mainly in the power and automation business areas. ... The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (LSE: RBS) is the successor to The Royal Bank of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: [1]), founded in 1727 by Royal Charter of King George I.[2] Based in Edinburgh, it is a banking and insurance holding company. ...

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He is an Honorary President of the European Movement Ireland. The European Movement Ireland (EMI) is an independent voluntary membership organisation, which exists to promote the economic, political and social development of Europe and Irelands place in Europe. ...

In 2005, he was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... UNIDO Goodwill Ambassadors are expert advocates of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and utilize their talent and experience to advocate for sustainable industrial development in developing countries. ... United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is an agency of the United Nations with the mission of helping countries pursue sustainable industrial development, it is a specialist in industrial affairs. ...

As a European Commissioner Sutherland performed the remarkable feat of earning the respect of both Margaret Thatcher and the then Commission President, Jacques Delors, who both loathed each other and disagreed fundamentally about the future development of the European Community (now European Union). {{Infobox Prime Minister | name = The Rt Hon. ... Handshake between Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Drnovšek, on the right, and Jacques Delors Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (born July 20, 1925, in Paris, France) is a French economist and politician, who served three terms as President of the European Commission from 1985-1995. ... The European Community (EC), most important of two European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ...

Despite his wide respect, he was not reappointed to the Commission by the Irish government, which had by then changed to Fianna Fáil. When Delors stepped down as Commission President he was widely reported to favour Sutherland as his successor, however he did not have a vote, only the member states did. The British government, after briefly sponsoring the candidacy of its own Leon Brittan, suggested Sutherland, but the candidacy would have needed the sponsorship of the Irish government to prosper, and Fianna Fáil was still in power in Dublin. Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; (mistranslated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though a literal translation is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland),¹ is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ... Sir Leon Brittan, Rt. ...

In Spring 2006 he was appointed Chair of London School of Economics Council commencing in 2008. His appointment has been received poorly by some student environmental and political groups at LSE who have organised a petition to oppose the decision. The petition has been signed by a small minority of students. On 22nd November 2006, a group of 25 students held a sit-in protest against his appointment, claiming that the School had made the appointment without addressing their concerns. The protest forced him to give the intended public lecture in another venue. It has been suggested that LSE Computer Security Research Centre be merged into this article or section. ...

Mr. Sutherland also serves on the International Advisory Board of IESE, the eminent graduate business school of the prestigious Spanish university, the University of Navarra. IESE Business School of the University of Navarra: A top business school, according to Financial Times and the Economist Intelligence Unit. ... , The University of Navarra is the most prestigious private university in Spain. ...

On December 5th, 2006, he was appointed 'Consultor of the Extraordinary Section of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See' (a financial adviser to the Vatican).

External links

• LSE Students' Petition Against Sutherland's Appointment
• Vatican press release on Sutherland's appointment as financial adviser