George Mitchell is an American statesman. He was a U.S. Senator who was appointed by President Clinton to help broker peace in Northern Ireland. He became the architect of the Good Friday Agreement, signed in 1998, which ended decades of violent civil war between Catholics and Protestants.

Mitchell was a primary architect of the 1996 Mitchell Principles and the 1998 Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, and was the main investigator in two "Mitchell Reports": one on the Arab–Israeli conflict (2001); and one on the use …

Apr 21, 2023 · BELFAST — He fought for peace in Northern Ireland — and now George Mitchell is fighting for his life. The former U.S. Senate majority leader from Maine, who became a diplomatic superhero in Northern Ireland after leading years of painstaking talks to produce the Good Friday Agreement, may be visiting his adopted homeland for the final time.

Apr 18, 2023 · The first time George Mitchell came to Belfast, it was a war-scarred city of bomb damage and barbed wire. This week the former U.S. senator returned to a city whose peace he was crucial to forging. Now 89 and being treated for leukemia, Mitchell says it may be his last visit.

Apr 16, 2023 · An ailing George Mitchell will travel to Northern Ireland to mark legacy. Fighting cancer, the former U.S. senator, 89, will return abroad to observe the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday...

Aug 30, 2017 · Before he was a U.S. Senator or the primary architect of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, George Mitchell was the fourth of five painfully poor kids, growing up as the son...

Apr 10, 2020 · Mitchell was his economic adviser on Ireland and seemed to be the latest in a series of well-meaning do-gooders from abroad who dip in and out of the Irish situation without significant...

Apr 6, 2018 · To mark the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 1998, we are look back on Deaglán de Bréadún's profile on former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, who played a crucial role in the ultimate success of the peace talks.

Apr 10, 2018 · George Mitchell, a former Democratic senator from Maine, was President Bill Clinton's envoy to Ireland and served as chairman of the Northern Ireland peace talks, helping to broker the historic...

Sep 29, 2023 · On the 25th anniversary year of the Good Friday Agreement, Senator George Mitchell was presented with the VentureWave Impact Ireland Award for his "singular contribution to fostering peace and reconciliation".