Emily O'Reilly has been re-elected as the European Ombudsman for a second term five-year term.
Ms O'Reilly received 320 votes during the plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg today, ahead of Estonian Judge Julia Laffranque who got 280 votes.
The independent role is designed to hold EU institutions and bodies to account.
Ms O'Reilly was initially elected to the position in 2013 when she took over the role from her predecessor in his last year.
She was then re-elected for a five-year mandate in 2014.
Ms O'Reilly said she was "delighted" with the result and thanked her campaign team for their work.
She said: "For the next five years, I will help ensure the EU maintains the highest standards in administration, transparency and ethics. Europeans expect and deserve nothing less.
"One priority will remain tackling the lack of the transparency of EU law making by national governments in Brussels.
"We need to stop the ‘blame Brussels’ culture, when often it is citizens’ own national Ministers taking the key decisions in the EU.
She added: "I will also be holding President Von der Leyen to her commitments on good administration, transparency and ethics. I look forward to our first meeting.”
