Alan Shatter
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| Minister for Justice and Equality | |
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In office 9 March 2011 – 7 May 2014 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Brendan Smith (Justice and Law Reform) |
| Succeeded by | Frances Fitzgerald |
| Minister for Defence | |
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In office 9 March 2011 – 7 May 2014 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Éamon Ó Cuív |
| Succeeded by | Enda Kenny (acting) |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office May 2007 – February 2016 |
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In office June 1981 – May 2002 |
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| Constituency | Dublin South |
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Alan Joseph Shatter 14 February 1951 Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse(s) | Carol Ann Danker |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Website | www |
Alan Joseph Shatter (born 14 February 1951) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency. After 30 years as a parliamentarian without ministerial office he became Minister for Justice and Equality and Minister for Defence in March 2011 but resigned in scandal in May 2014 and lost his seat again (having originally done so in 2002 only to regain it in 2007) in the general election that followed.
Born in Dublin to a Jewish family, Shatter is the son of Elaine and Reuben Shatter, a British couple who met by chance when they were both on holidays in Ireland in 1948. He was educated at The High School, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin. He has been to Israel a number of times, including to work on a kibbutz as a young man.
Shatter has lived most of his life in Dublin — he grew up in Rathgar and Rathfarnham and lives now in Ballinteer with his wife, Carol Ann (Danker) Shatter, and two children. He was the only Jewish member of Dáil Éireann during his last term.
Shatter owns several properties in the United States. With interests in fifteen properties, Shatter had the largest property portfolio of any member of Ireland's cabinet while minister.
Shatter was first elected to the Dáil at the 1981 general election, and was re-elected at each subsequent election until he lost his seat at the 2002 general election. He was re-elected at the 2007 general election. Shatter was a member of Dublin County Council from 1991 to 1999 for the Rathfarnham area.
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