Charles Flanagan
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Charles Flanagan TD |
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| Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
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Assumed office 11 July 2014 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Eamon Gilmore |
| Minister for Children and Youth Affairs | |
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In office 8 May 2014 – 11 July 2014 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Frances Fitzgerald |
| Succeeded by | James Reilly |
| Chairman of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party | |
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In office 9 March 2011 – 8 May 2014 |
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| Leader | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Pádraic McCormack |
| Succeeded by | Dan Neville |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Laois |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office May 2007 – February 2016 |
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In office February 1987 – May 2002 |
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| Constituency | Laois–Offaly |
| Personal details | |
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Charles Matthew Flanagan 1 November 1956 Mountmellick, Laois, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Flanagan |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Website | Official website |
Charles Matthew Flanagan (born 1 November 1956) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade since July 2014. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) since 1987, currently for the Laois constituency. He has served as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs from May 2014 to July 2014. He has been Chairman of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party from 2011 to 2014.
Flanagan was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1987 general election, succeeding his father Oliver J. Flanagan. He retained his seat at each election until losing it at the 2002 general election, but regained it at the 2007 general election. He was a member of Laois County Council from 1985 until he stepped down in 2004. He was party spokesperson on Justice, Equality and Law Reform from 2007 to 2010, and was the party spokesperson on Children from 2010 to 2011.
He was chairperson of the Fine Gael parliamentary party from June 2011 to May 2014.
Following the resignation on 7 May 2014 of Alan Shatter as Minister for Justice and Minister for Defence, Flanagan was appointed on 8 May as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to succeed Frances Fitzgerald who assumed the Justice portfolio. On 11 July 2014, Flanagan was appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, succeeding the former Labour leader Eamon Gilmore.
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