Brian Lenihan Jnr
| Brian Lenihan | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil | |
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In office 15 March 2011 – 10 June 2011 |
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| Leader | Micheál Martin |
| Preceded by | Mary Hanafin |
| Succeeded by | Éamon Ó Cuív |
| Minister for Finance | |
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In office 7 May 2008 – 9 March 2011 |
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| Taoiseach | Brian Cowen |
| Preceded by | Brian Cowen |
| Succeeded by | Michael Noonan |
| Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform | |
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In office 14 June 2007 – 7 May 2008 |
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| Taoiseach | Bertie Ahern |
| Preceded by | Michael McDowell |
| Succeeded by | Dermot Ahern |
| Minister of State for Children | |
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In office 19 June 2002 – 14 June 2007 |
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| Taoiseach | Bertie Ahern |
| Preceded by | Mary Hanafin |
| Succeeded by | Brendan Smith |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office 2 April 1996 – 10 June 2011 |
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| Constituency | Dublin West |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Brian Joseph Lenihan 21 May 1959 Athlone, Westmeath, Ireland |
| Died | 10 June 2011 (aged 52) Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Ryan (m. 1997; d. 2011) |
| Relations |
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| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
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| Alma mater | |
Brian Joseph Lenihan (21 May 1959 – 10 June 2011) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and barrister who served in the government of Ireland as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform from 2007 to 2008 and as Minister for Finance from 2008 to 2011. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin West constituency from 1996 to 2011, and he served as Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil for a brief period in 2011 until his death from pancreatic cancer.
Born in Dublin in 1959, Lenihan grew up in Athlone, County Westmeath until the age of 12, attending the local Marist Brothers primary school. He was then educated at Belvedere College, where he was School Captain, then at Trinity College, Dublin where he obtained an LL.B. (first class). He was elected a foundation scholar of the college in 1979. While in Trinity Brian Lenihan was Treasurer of the College Historical Society. Lenihan was later awarded an LL.M. (first class) at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and was called to the Irish Bar by the Honorable Society of King's Inns.
He began lecturing in law at Trinity College, Dublin in 1984 and in the same year was called to the Irish Bar. From 1992 to 1995 he was a member of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal and the Garda Síochána Complaints Appeal Board, and in 1997 he became a Senior Counsel.
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