Eamon Ryan
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Eamon Ryan TD |
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| Leader of the Green Party | |
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Assumed office 27 May 2011 |
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| Deputy | Catherine Martin |
| Preceded by | John Gormley |
| Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources | |
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In office 14 June 2007 – 23 January 2011 |
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| Taoiseach | |
| Preceded by | Noel Dempsey |
| Succeeded by | Pat Carey |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Dublin Bay South |
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In office May 2002 – February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Dublin South |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Eamon Michael Ryan 28 July 1963 Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Spouse(s) | Victoria White |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Website | www |
Eamon Michael Ryan (born 28 July 1963) is an Irish Green Party politician and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay South constituency, upon being elected at the 2016 general election. He has been Leader of the Green Party since 2011. He previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency from 2002 to 2011 and served as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources from 2007 to 2011.
Ryan was born in Dublin and raised in Dundrum where he continues to live. He was educated at Gonzaga College and University College Dublin where he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He was manager of the UCD Marketing Development Programme from 1985–86 and following three years of emigration and unemployment in 1989 he founded Cycling Safaris, a company which organises cycling holidays in Ireland and Europe. He married the author and journalist Victoria White in 1998 and they have four children.
He first became involved in politics in 1998 when he was co-opted to Dublin City Council. He topped the poll at the 1999 local elections in the Rathmines electoral area. From 1995 to 2002 he served on the advisory committee of the Dublin Transport Office. At the 2002 general election he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a TD for Dublin South. He served as Green Party spokesperson for Transport, Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Communications, Marine and Natural Resources during the 29th Dáil.
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