Enda Kenny
Politician
1951 –
Who is Enda Kenny?
Enda Kenny is an Irish Fine Gael politician, and has been the Taoiseach since 2011. He has led Fine Gael since 2002. 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 for Mayo since 1975, having succeeded his father Henry Kenny. 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. 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.
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- Born
- Apr 24, 1951
Castlebar - Parents
- Spouses
- Fionnuala O'Kelly
(1992 - )
- Fionnuala O'Kelly
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Republic of Ireland
- Profession
- Education
- St. Patrick's College of Education
- National University of Ireland, Galway
- Lived in
- County Mayo
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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