Conor Lenihan
| Conor Lenihan | |
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| Minister for Science, Technology, Innovation and Natural Resources | |
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In office 22 April 2009 – 9 March 2011 |
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| Taoiseach | Brian Cowen |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of State for Integration Policy | |
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In office 20 June 2007 – 21 April 2009 |
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| Taoiseach |
Bertie Ahern Brian Cowen |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of State for Overseas Development and Human Rights | |
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In office 29 September 2004 – 20 June 2007 |
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| Taoiseach | Bertie Ahern |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office June 1997 – February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Dublin South-West |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 March 1963 Athlone, Westmeath, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Alma mater |
University College Dublin, Dublin City University, INSEAD |
Conor Lenihan (born 3 March 1963) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician and currently a Vice President of the Skolkovo Foundation. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency from 1997 to 2011, and served as a Minister of State from 2004 to 2011. He accepted a position with the Skolkovo Foundation in 2011, a planned high-tech innovation centre in Moscow, where he works on international partnership development.
Lenihan was born in Dublin. He lived in Athlone until he was 11 years of age. He was educated at Belvedere College, University College Dublin (where he was chair of the Kevin Barry Cumann of Ógra Fianna Fáil), Dublin City University and the INSEAD.
Lenihan began his working life as a newspaper journalist working in the 1980s in the House of Commons in London where he was a political correspondent for the Irish News. While in London he was also a member of the European Commission's Speakers Panel.
In the 1990s he went into broadcast journalism working with the Dublin radio station 98FM. Lenihan also worked as a senior executive with O2, an Irish-owned mobile operator, and subsequently worked as an advisor for the company.
Lenihan is the son of former Fianna Fáil Tánaiste Brian Lenihan, Snr. His grandfather, Patrick Lenihan, also served in the Irish parliament. His aunt, Mary O'Rourke, is a former Fianna Fáil TD and Senator, while his brother, Brian Lenihan, Jnr was a TD and the Minister for Finance from 2008 to 2011.
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