Brendan Howlin

Brendan Howlin ( Irish Breandán Ó Húilín , born May 9, 1956 in Wexford , County Wexford ) is an Irish politician of the Irish Labor Party and has been sitting in Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Irish Parliament , since 1987 . Since May 2016 he has been chairman of the Irish Labor Party. After the Labor Party's significant losses in the 2020 parliamentary elections , Howlin announced his resignation from party leadership.

Life

After attending school in Wexford and training with the Christian Brothers in Wexford and St Patrick's College in Drumcondra , Dublin , Howlin worked as a primary school teacher. In 1981 Howlin began his political career as a member of the Wexford City Council. In November 1982 Howlin failed in the elections for the 24th Dáil Éireann, but was then nominated by Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald in the 17th Seanad Éireann . In the 1987 elections, he finally managed to move into the Dáil Éireann. Howlin was elected Labor Party Chief Whip in 1987 . Howlin held this party position until 1993, when he was appointed Minister of Health. After the break of the ruling coalition with Fianna Fáil , Howlin became Environment Minister in December 1994 in the ruling coalition of the Irish Labor Party with the Fine Gael and the Democratic Left . Within the party, Howlin ran unsuccessfully for chairmanship of the Labor Party in 1987 against Ruairi Quinn and in 2002 after Quinn's resignation against Pat Rabbitte . From March 2011 to May 2016, he was Minister for Public Expenditure and Public Service Reform. In the February 2016 election to the Dáil, in which the Labor Party lost 30 of its 37 seats, he was one of the seven members of his party remaining in parliament and was appointed its new chairman in May 2016 with no official opponents.

Web links

Commons : Brendan Howlin - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official website of Brendan Howlin (English)
Mr. Brendan Howlin on oireachtas.ie (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Pat Leahy, Marese McDonagh: Labor Party leader Brendan Howlin announces resignation. In: The Irish Times . February 12, 2020, accessed on May 23, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Howlin, Brendan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 9, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wexford , County Wexford , Ireland

[Rücktritt-1] Pat Leahy, Marese McDonagh: Labor Party leader Brendan Howlin announces resignation. In: The Irish Times . February 12, 2020, accessed on May 23, 2020 .