Charles Flanagan

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Charles Flanagan TD


Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 July 2014
Taoiseach	Enda Kenny
Preceded by	Eamon Gilmore
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
In office 8 May 2014 – 11 July 2014
Taoiseach	Enda Kenny
Preceded by	Frances Fitzgerald
Succeeded by	James Reilly
Chairman of the Fine Gael parliamentary party
In office 9 March 2011 – 8 May 2014
Leader	Enda Kenny
Preceded by	Pádraic McCormack
Succeeded by	Dan Neville
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 February 2016
Constituency	Laois
Teachta Dála
In office 24 May 2007 – 26 February 2016
In office 17 February 1987 – 17 May 2002
Constituency	Laois–Offaly
Personal details
Born	(1956-11-01) 1 November 1956 Mountmellick, Laois, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse(s)	Mary Flanagan
Children	2
Alma mater	University College Dublin
Profession	Solicitor

Charles "Charlie" Flanagan (born 1 November 1956) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He is a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency.^[1] On 11 July 2014, he was appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Flanagan was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1987 general election, succeeding his father Oliver J. Flanagan. He retained his seat at each election until losing it at the 2002 general election, but regained it at the 2007 general election.^[2] He was a member of Laois County Council from 1985 until he stepped down in 2004. He was party spokesperson on Justice, Equality and Law Reform from 2007 to 2010, and was the party spokesperson on Children from 2010 to 2011.^[3]

He was chairperson of the Fine Gael parliamentary party from June 2011 to May 2014.^[4]

Following the resignation on 7 May 2014 of Alan Shatter as Minister for Justice and Minister for Defence, Flanagan was appointed on 8 May as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to succeed Frances Fitzgerald who assumed the Justice portfolio. On 11 July 2014, Flanagan was appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, succeeding the former Labour leader Eamon Gilmore.

References

↑ "Mr. Charles Flanagan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
↑ "Charles Flanagan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
↑ "Bruton & Noonan return to Fine Gael frontbench". RTÉ News. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
↑ "Dan Neville elected as Fine Gael party chairman". The Irish Times. 14 May 2014.

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Oireachtas
Preceded by Oliver Flanagan Fine Gael	Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Laois–Offaly 1987–2002	Succeeded by Tom Parlon Progressive Democrats
Preceded by Tom Parlon Progressive Democrats	Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Laois–Offaly 2007–present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Pádraic McCormack	Chairman of the Fine Gael parliamentary party 2011–2014	Succeeded by Dan Neville
Political offices
Preceded by Frances Fitzgerald	Minister for Children and Youth Affairs 2014	Succeeded by James Reilly
Preceded by Eamon Gilmore	Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 2014–present	Incumbent

Current members of the Government of Ireland

Office	Name	Office	Name

Taoiseach & Minister for Defence Tánaiste & Minister for Justice and Equality Minister for Finance Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Minister for Health	Enda Kenny (FG) Frances Fitzgerald (FG) Michael Noonan (FG) Paschal Donohoe (FG) Charles Flanagan (FG) Mary Mitchell O'Connor (FG) Michael Creed (FG) Simon Harris (FG)	Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Minister for Social Protection Minister for Education and Skills Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Minister for Regional Development, Rural Affairs and Arts and Culture Minister for Communications, Climate and Natural Resources	Katherine Zappone (IA) Leo Varadkar (FG) Richard Bruton (FG) Simon Coveney (FG) Shane Ross (IA) Heather Humphreys (FG) Denis Naughten (IA)

Current members of Dáil Éireann

As elected to the 32nd Dáil in 2016 Ceann Comhairle: Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Fine Gael (50)	Bailey Barrett Breen Brophy Bruton Burke C. Byrne Cannon Carey Corcoran Kennedy Coveney Creed J. Daly D'Arcy Deasy Deering R. Doherty Donohoe Doyle Durkan English Farrell Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Flanagan Griffin Harris Heydon Humphreys Kehoe E. Kenny§ Kyne Madigan McEntee McHugh McLoughlin Mitchell O'Connor D. Murphy Eoghan Murphy H. Naughton Neville Noonan O'Connell O'Donovan O'Dowd Phelan Ring Rock Stanton Varadkar

Fianna Fáil (43)	Aylward Brassil Breathnach Browne Butler T. Byrne Cahill Calleary Casey Cassells L. Chambers J. Chambers N. Collins Cowen Curran Dooley Fleming Gallagher Haughey Kelleher Lahart Lawless M. Martin§ McConalogue Michael McGrath McGuinness A. Moynihan M. Moynihan Murphy O'Mahony Eugene Murphy D. O'Brien O'Callaghan Ó Cuív O'Dea O'Keeffe O'Loughlin O'Rourke Rabbitte Scanlon Brendan Smith Smyth Troy

Sinn Féin (23)	Adams§ Brady Buckley Crowe Cullinane P. Doherty Ellis M. Ferris Funchion M. Kenny McDonald Mitchell Munster Nolan J. O'Brien Ó Broin Ó Caoláin Ó Laoghaire O'Reilly Ó Snodaigh Quinlivan Stanley Tóibín

Labour Party (7)	Burton§ Howlin Kelly J. O'Sullivan Penrose B. Ryan Sherlock

AAA–PBP (6)	Barry Boyd Barrett Coppinger G. Kenny P. Murphy Bríd Smith

Independents 4 Change (4)	Broughan J. Collins C. Daly Wallace

Social Democrats (3)	Donnelly§ C. Murphy§ Shortall§

Green Party (2)	C. Martin E. Ryan§

Workers and Unemployed Action (1)	Healy

Independent (18)	Canney^† M. Collins Connolly Fitzmaurice^† Grealish Halligan^† Harty D. Healy-Rae M. Healy-Rae Lowry F. McGrath^† Mattie McGrath Moran^† D. Naughten M. O'Sullivan Pringle Ross^† Zappone

§Party leaders Italics = Ministers ^†Ind. Alliance

Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Ireland

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