Enda Kenny

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Enda Kenny

Taoiseach
In office
9 March 2011 – 14 June 2017
TánaisteEamon Gilmore
Preceded byBrian Cowen
Succeeded byLeo Varadkar
Leader of Fine Gael
In office
5 June 2002 – 2 June 2017
DeputyRichard Bruton
James Reilly
Preceded byMichael Noonan
Succeeded byLeo Varadkar
Minister for Tourism and Trade
In office
15 December 1994 – 6 June 1997
Preceded byCharlie McCreevy
Succeeded byJim McDaid
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1997 – Febuary 2020
Preceded byConstituency established
ConstituencyMayo
In office
November 1975 – June 1997
Preceded byHenry Kenny
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyMayo West
Personal details
Born (1951-04-24) 24 April 1951 (age 72)
Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
Political partyFine Gael
Spouse(s)Fionnuala O'Kelly (m. 1992–present)
Children1 daughter
2 sons
Alma materSt Patrick's College of Education, Dublin
University College, Galway (UCG)

Enda Kenny (born 24 April 1951) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He was the Taoiseach from 2011 through 2017. Kenny has led Fine Gael from 2002 until his retirement in 2017. He served as Minister for Tourism and Trade from 1994 to 1997. He is also a two-term Vice President of the European People's Party.

Kenny has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Mayo since 1975, having succeeded his father Henry Kenny.[1] He is the longest-serving TD currently in Dáil Éireann, which makes him the incumbent Father of the Dáil.

Kenny led Fine Gael in the 2011 general election. He subsequently brokered an agreement with the Labour Party and formed a coalition government on 9 March 2011.[2] He is Fine Gael's first Taoiseach since John Bruton from 1994 to 1997, and the first Fine Gael leader to win government in an election since Garret FitzGerald in 1982.

In May 2017, Kenny announced he will retire as Fine Gael leader and will resign as Taoiseach once a new leader is chosen.[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Mr. Enda Kenny". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
  2. "Irish parties agree to form coalition government". CNN. 5 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  3. "Kenny to retire as Fine Gael leader at midnight". RTÉ News. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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Oireachtas
Preceded by
Henry Kenny
(Fine Gael)
Fine Gael Teachta Dála
for Mayo West

19751997
Constituency abolished
New constituency Fine Gael Teachta Dála
for Mayo

19972020
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
George Birmingham
Minister of State for Youth Affairs
1986–1987
Succeeded by
Frank Fahey
Preceded by
Charlie McCreevy
Minister for Tourism and Trade
1994–1997
Succeeded by
Jim McDaid
Preceded by
Michael Noonan
Leader of the Opposition
2002–2011
Succeeded by
Micheál Martin
Preceded by
Brian Cowen
Taoiseach
2011–2017
Succeeded by
Leo Varadkar
Party political offices
Preceded by
Michael Noonan
Leader of Fine Gael
2002–2017
Succeeded by
Leo Varadkar
Preceded by
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
Baby of the Dáil
1975–1977
Succeeded by
Síle de Valera
Preceded by
Séamus Pattison
Father of the Dáil
2007–present
Incumbent