Heather Humphreys

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Heather Humphreys

Humphreys in 2024
Minister for Social Protection
Assumed office
27 June 2020
Taoiseach
Preceded byRegina Doherty
Minister for Rural and Community Development
Assumed office
27 June 2020
Taoiseach
  • Micheál Martin
  • Leo Varadkar
Preceded byMichael Ring
Deputy leader of Fine Gael
Assumed office
5 April 2024
LeaderSimon Harris
Preceded bySimon Coveney
Minister for Justice
In office
26 November 2022 – 17 December 2022
TaoiseachMicheál Martin
Preceded byHelen McEntee
Succeeded bySimon Harris
In office
27 April 2021 – 1 November 2021
TaoiseachMicheál Martin
Preceded byHelen McEntee
Succeeded byHelen McEntee
Other Government Ministries
Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation
In office
30 November 2017 – 27 June 2020
TaoiseachLeo Varadkar
Preceded byFrances Fitzgerald
Succeeded byLeo Varadkar
(Enterprise, Trade and Employment)
Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
In office
14 June 2017 – 30 November 2017
TaoiseachLeo Varadkar
Preceded byHerself (under old title)
Succeeded byJosepha Madigan
Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
In office
6 May 2016 – 14 June 2017
TaoiseachEnda Kenny
Preceded byHerself (under old title)
Succeeded byHerself (with new title)
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
In office
11 July 2014 – 6 May 2016
TaoiseachEnda Kenny
Preceded byJimmy Deenihan
Succeeded byHerself (with new title)
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2011
ConstituencyCavan–Monaghan
Personal details
Born
Heather Stewart

(1963-05-14) 14 May 1963 (age 60)[source?]
Drum, County Monaghan, Ireland[1]
NationalityIrish
Political partyFine Gael
Spouse(s)
Eric Humphreys (m. 1996)
Children2
EducationSt. Aidan's Comprehensive School
Alma materUniversity College Galway
Websiteheatherhumphreys.ie

Heather Humphreys (born 14 May 1963) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. She is the Minister for Rural and Community Development and Minister for Social Protection since June 2020. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency since 2011.[2] She has been the Deputy leader of Fine Gael since 2024.

References[change | change source]

  1. Collins, Stephen (2011). Nealon's Guide to the 31st Dáil and 24th Seanad. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 27. ISBN 9780717150595.
  2. "Heather Humphreys". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2011.