Eamon Ryan

Eamon Ryan (2020)

Eamon Ryan ( Irish Éamon Ó Riain , born July 28, 1963 in Dublin ) is an Irish politician and from 2011 chairman of the Green Party . He was from 2002 to 2011 and has been Teachta Dála again since 2016 . He also served as Minister for Communication, Energy and Natural Resources from 2007 to 2011.

Life

Eamon Ryan was born in Dublin in 1963 and grew up in the Dublin suburbs of Dundrum and Milltown. He attended Gonzaga College in Ranelagh and studied at University College Dublin . In the 2002 elections , Ryan was first elected for the Green Party in the Dáil Éireann . After his party's participation in government following the 2007 elections , he was appointed Minister of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. He held this office until January 23, 2011, when the Green Party left the government and joined the opposition. In the elections for the 31st Dáil Éireann that took place in February of the same year , he was not re-elected and the Green Party left parliament. Since the end of May 2011, Ryan is the successor to the no longer running John Gormley chairman of the Green Party. Since the 2016 elections , he has again been represented in parliament as one of two Green members and was re-elected in the 2020 elections. The Green Party achieved its best result so far with 12 seats.

Prior to his political career, Ryan was a businessman. He owned the Irish Cycling Safaris and Belfield Bike shop .

Ryan is married to the writer Victoria White (* 1962). They have four children together.

Web links

Commons : Eamon Ryan  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Entry on the side of the Oireachtas

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ Green Party withdraws from Government , January 23, 2011
3. ^ The Irish Times : Ryan elected Green Party leader , May 27, 2011

predecessor	Office	successor
John Gormley	Party leader of the Green Party since May 27, 2011	-