Éamon Ó Cuív
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Éamon Ó Cuív TD |
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Ó Cuív in 2015
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Opposition Spokesperson for Regional Development, Rural Affairs and the Gaeltacht |
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Assumed office 18 May 2016 |
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| Leader | Micheál Martin |
| Preceded by | Michael P. Kitt |
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Opposition Spokesperson for Agriculture, Marine and Food |
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In office July 2012 – May 2016 |
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| Leader | Micheál Martin |
| Preceded by | Michael Moynihan |
| Succeeded by | Charlie McConalogue |
| Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil | |
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In office 4 August 2011 – 29 February 2012 |
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| Leader | Micheál Martin |
| Preceded by | Brian Lenihan, Jnr |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government | |
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In office 23 January 2011 – 9 March 2011 |
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| Taoiseach | Brian Cowen |
| Preceded by | John Gormley |
| Succeeded by | Phil Hogan (Environment, Community and Local Government) |
| Minister for Defence | |
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In office 20 January 2011 – 9 March 2011 |
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| Taoiseach | Brian Cowen |
| Preceded by | Tony Killeen |
| Succeeded by | Alan Shatter |
| Minister for Social Protection | |
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In office 23 March 2010 – 9 March 2011 |
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| Taoiseach | Brian Cowen |
| Preceded by | Mary Hanafin (Social and Family Affairs) |
| Succeeded by | Joan Burton |
| Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs | |
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In office 6 June 2002 – 23 March 2010 |
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| Taoiseach |
Bertie Ahern Brian Cowen |
| Preceded by | Síle de Valera |
| Succeeded by | Pat Carey (Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs) |
| Minister of State for Rural Development | |
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In office 19 February 2001 – 6 June 2002 |
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| Taoiseach | Bertie Ahern |
| Preceded by | Noel Davern |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister of State for the Gaeltacht, Irish language and the Islands | |
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In office 8 July 1997 – 19 February 2001 |
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| Taoiseach | Bertie Ahern |
| Preceded by | Donal Carey |
| Succeeded by | Mary Coughlan |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office November 1992 |
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| Constituency | Galway West |
| Senator | |
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In office 12 October 1989 – 25 November 1992 |
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| Constituency | Cultural and Educational Panel |
| Personal details | |
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23 June 1950 Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse(s) | Áine Ní Choincheannain |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | www |
Éamon Ó Cuív (Irish pronunciation: [ˈeːmˠənˠ oː ˈkiːvʲ]; born 23 June 1950) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency since 1992, and used to be a member of Seanad Éireann.
He has had several ministerial portfolios in this time, including Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and Minister for Social Protection. He was briefly Minister for Defence, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, and Minister for Social Protection in early 2011; this came about because of the resignations of Tony Killeen and John Gormley respectively.
He unsuccessfully contested the leadership of Fianna Fáil after the resignation of Brian Cowen, but lost to Micheál Martin. Martin appointed Ó Cuív Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil after Brian Lenihan, Jnr's death. However, Ó Cuív ceased to be Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil on 29 February 2012 because of his opposition to his party's stance on the European Fiscal Compact.
Ó Cuív is the son of Brian Ó Cuív, professor of Celtic Studies at University College Dublin, and Emer de Valera, who was the last surviving daughter of Fianna Fáil founder and former President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera, when she died at the age of 93 in February 2012. He is a nephew of the former Teachta Dála (TD) Vivion de Valera and is a first cousin of the former Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands minister Síle de Valera, and of Judge Aindrias Ó Caoimh.
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