Sonya McGuinness

{{Short description|Irish diplomat}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

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| name = Sonya McGuinness

| image = Sonya McGuinness.jpg

| alt = Sonya McGuinness presenting credentials to President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, June 2021

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| office1 = Irish Ambassador to Israel

| term_start1 = {{start date|2022|11}}

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| predecessor1 = Kyle O'Sullivan

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| president1 = Michael D Higgins

| office2 = Irish Ambassador to Turkey{{#tag:ref|At the time, the Irish Ambassador to Turkey was also accredited to Azerbaijan, Iran and Pakistan|group="n"}}

| term_start2 = {{start date|2019|08}}

| term_end2 = {{end date|2022|11}}

| predecessor2 = Brendan Wardhttps://www.ab.gov.tr/deputy-minister-of-foreign-affairs-and-director-for-eu-affairs-ambassador-faruk-kaymakci-met-with-brendan-ward-irish-amb_51754_en.html

| successor2 = John McCullagh{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/21b2b-government-approves-the-nomination-of-19-ambassadorial-appointments/ | title=Government approves the nomination of 19 Ambassadorial appointments | date=22 November 2022 }}

| president2 = Michael D Higgins

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Sonya McGuinness is an Irish diplomat who succeeded Kyle O'Sullivan as Irish ambassador to Israel in November 2022.{{cite web | url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41277850.html | title=IeExplains: Who is the Irish Ambassador to Israel and why is she in the news? | date=27 November 2023 }} She presented her credentials to President Isaac Herzog in September 2023.{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/epressevenambs | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116093221/https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/epressevenambs | archive-date=16 November 2023 | title=President Herzog receives diplomatic credentials of new ambassadors to Israel from Côte d'Ivoire, Peru, Cyprus, United Kingdom, France, Ireland, and Brazil }} McGuinness previously served as Irish ambassador to Turkey from 2019.{{cite web | url=https://www.ireland.ie/en/turkiye/ankara/about/embassy-history/ | title=Embassy History | Embassy of Ireland, Türkiye | Ireland.ie | Ireland.ie }}