Chris Andrews (politician)
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Cllr Chris Andrews |
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Andrews in 2014
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| Dublin City Councillor | |
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Assumed office May 2014 |
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| Constituency | Pembroke-South Dock |
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In office November 2006 – June 2007 |
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| Constituency | South-East Inner City |
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In office June 1999 – June 2004 |
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| Constituency | Pembroke |
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In office May 2007 – February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Dublin South-East |
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| Born | 25 May 1964 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Sinn Féin (since Sep. 2013) |
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Fianna Fáil (until Aug. 2012) |
Chris Andrews (born 25 May 1964) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He was previously a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-East constituency from 2007 to 2011. He was elected to Dublin City Council as a Sinn Féin member in May 2014.
He is the grandson of Todd Andrews, a leading figure in the early days of Fianna Fáil. His father Niall Andrews and his uncle David Andrews both served as Fianna Fáil TDs, while his first cousin, Barry Andrews was elected a TD at the 2002 general election. He is the fourth member of his family to sit in the Dáil. He is a cousin of the comedy writer and performer David McSavage, and another cousin, Ryan Tubridy, is a chatshow host of The Late Late Show on RTÉ One. Andrews is married with two daughters.
In May 2007, Andrews topped the poll in Dublin South-East, on his second attempt, gaining 6,600 first preferences. He was a Councillor on Dublin City Council between 1999 and 2004 and between October 2006 and May 2007.
He was convenor of the Oireachtas Finance Committee, and was a member of the Trade, Enterprise and Employment Committee and the European Scrutiny Committee in the 30th Dáil.
He lost his seat at the 2011 general election.
During the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict he called for an economic, diplomatic and political boycott of Israel, for its ambassador to Ireland to be expelled, and for shops to remove "settler produce" from Israel. He said that Israel had the right to defend itself, but that its disproportionate response meant that "...it can only now be classified as a terror state". He later told a Russian reporter that there was no electricity in Gaza throughout his time there. On 30 May 2010, he was one of three Irish politicians who were prevented from leaving Cyprus by authorities to join an international flotilla carrying aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip.
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