Trevor Sargent
Trevor Sargent (born July 1, 1960 ) is an Irish politician, member of the Green Party and was Teachta Dála in Dáil Éireann from 1992 to 2011 .
A staunch environmentalist, Sargent joined the Ecology Party (as the Green Party was then called) through the Cork Green Movement in 1982 while teaching in Dunmanway , County Cork .
In 1989 Sargent ran for the European Parliament election, but lost with only 8.3% of the vote in his constituency. In 1992 he was first elected to the Dáil Éireann, which he still belongs to today. In October 2001 he was elected the first party leader of his party. In July 2007, the Green Party congress approved government participation with the Fianna Fáil bourgeois party and the Progressive Democrats . Thereupon Sargent, who was in favor of this government participation, resigned from his position as party chairman because he had refused to form a government for his party with the Fianna Fáil during the 2007 election campaign and had not claimed a cabinet post for himself. The new party chairman was John Gormley . Until his resignation in February 2010, he held the post of not belonging to the Cabinet Minister of State for Food and Horticulture ( Minister of State for Food and Horticulture ). In February 2011 he lost his seat in the House of Commons in the election for the 31st Dáil Éireann.
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Party leader of the Green Party October 6, 2001–13. June 2007 |
John Gormley |
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| SURNAME | Sargent, Trevor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1960 |