Dermot Ahern

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Secretary of State Dermot Ahern visits his US counterpart Condoleezza Rice in October 2007.

Dermot Ahern ( Irish : Diarmuid Ó hEachthairn ; born February 2, 1955 in Drogheda , County Louth ) is an Irish politician of the Fianna Fáil . He was Minister for Justice, Equality and Legal Reform from 2008 to 2011.

biography

Ahern attended St. Mary's College of the Marist School Brothers in Dundalk and then completed a law degree at University College Dublin before working as a solicitor .

He began his political career in 1987 when he was elected for the first time as a candidate for the Fianna Fáil as a member of the House of Commons ( Dáil Éireann ). Since then he has represented the constituency of Louth .

In 1989, he was first of Taoiseach Charles Haughey to State Minister of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach) called after the Office of the State Minister took over the Ministry of Defense before it by November 1991 Parliamentary until February 1992 CEO ( Chief Whip ) the ruling faction in the House of Commons. He was then to 1997, chairman of the British -Irischen Parliamentary Association (British-Irish Inter Parliamentary Body) , an office which then of Michael O'Kennedy was acquired.

After the Fianna Fáil was again able to form the government in June 1997, he was appointed Minister of Social Welfare by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern , with whom he is not related. As part of a cabinet reshuffle, he then took over the post of Minister for Communications , Navy and Natural Resources in June 2002 before being appointed Foreign Minister by Taoiseach Ahern on September 13, 2004 .

After Ahern's successor, Brian Cowen, took office as Taoiseach, he was appointed Minister for Justice, Equality and Legal Reform on May 7, 2008 when the new government was formed, while the previous Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin followed him as Foreign Minister.

In the elections for the 31st Dáil Éireann in February 2011, Ahern decided not to run again for health reasons. He had already resigned from his ministerial post in January 2011.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dermot Ahern to step down as TD: Article on irishtimes.com, accessed March 24, 2011

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personal data
SURNAME Ahern, Dermot
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ó hEachthairn, Diarmuid (Irish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish politician
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd February 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Drogheda , County Louth