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Alan Kelly (politician)

Alan Kelly
TD
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Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office
4 July 2014 – 20 May 2016
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
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
Taoiseach Enda Kenny
Preceded by New office
Succeeded by Office abolished
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2016
Constituency Tipperary
Teachta Dála
In office
February 2011 – February 2016
Constituency Tipperary North
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1 July 2009 – 9 March 2011
Constituency South
Senator
In office
24 July 2007 – 8 June 2009
Constituency Agricultural Panel
Personal details
Born Alan Thomas Kelly
(1975-07-13) 13 July 1975 (age 41)
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.


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