George John Mitchell Biography

Birth of George John Mitchell

Appointed United States Attorney for Maine by President Jimmy Carter

Appointed to the United States Senate by the Governor of Maine, Joseph Brennan

Active in the Northern Ireland peace process as US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland

Active in the Northern Ireland peace process as US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland

Leads a commission that establishes the principles of non-violence to which all parties in Northern Ireland adhere and chairs the all-party peace negotiations leading to the Belfast Peace Agreement signed on Good Friday

Cross-border links & constitutional & ecomomic changes in North Ireland are agreed

Cross-border links & constitutional & ecomomic changes in North Ireland are agreed. Chairs negotiations which lead to the Good Friday Accord

Leads a commission that establishes the principles of non-violence to which all parties in Northern Ireland adhere and chairs the all-party peace negotiations leading to the Belfast Peace Agreement signed on Good Friday

For his involvement in the Northern Ireland peace negotiations, Mitchell is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Liberty Medal

Issues recommendations for ending violence and rebuilding confidence.

Senior Fellow and Senior Research Scholar at the Columbia University Center for International Conflict Resolution, where he works to help end or avert conflicts between nations

Appointed as a special envoy to the Middle East, working under President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Mitchell begins his meetings in Cairo and Obama says his visit was part of the Presidents campaign promise to listen to both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and work toward a Middle East peace deal