Alan Kelly TD |
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Deputy Leader of the Labour Party | |
In office 4 July 2014 – 20 May 2016 |
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Leader | Joan Burton |
Preceded by | Joan Burton |
Succeeded by | Office not in use |
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government | |
In office 11 July 2014 – 6 May 2016 |
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Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
Preceded by | Phil Hogan |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Minister of State for Public and Commuter Transport | |
In office 10 March 2011 – 11 July 2014 |
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Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
Preceded by | New office |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Teachta Dála | |
Assumed office February 2016 |
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Constituency | Tipperary |
Teachta Dála | |
In office February 2011 – February 2016 |
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Constituency | Tipperary North |
Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 1 July 2009 – 9 March 2011 |
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Constituency | South |
Senator | |
In office 24 July 2007 – 8 June 2009 |
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Constituency | Agricultural Panel |
Personal details | |
Born |
Alan Thomas Kelly 13 July 1975 Portroe, Tipperary, Ireland |
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Labour Party |
Spouse(s) | Regina O'Connor |
Children | 2 |
Education | Nenagh CBS |
Alma mater | |
Website | Official website |
Alan Thomas Kelly (born 13 July 1975) is an Irish Labour Party politician who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) since 2011, currently for the Tipperary constituency. He previously served as Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and Deputy leader of the Labour Party from 2014 to 2016 and Minister of State for Public and Commuter Transport from 2011 to 2014. He was a Member of the European Parliament for the South constituency from 2009 to 2011 and a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 2007 to 2009.
Kelly is from Portroe just outside Nenagh, County Tipperary, and is the son of Tom and Nan Kelly. Educated at Nenagh CBS, he subsequently attended University College Cork (UCC) where he completed a BA in English and History in 1995. Two years later he completed a M.Phil in Political History. Kelly continued his education at Boston College where he achieved a Certificate in Leadership in 1999. He returned to Ireland shortly after this and completed a MBS in eCommerce in 2002. Kelly subsequently worked as an eBusiness Manager with Bord Fáilte and Fáilte Ireland.