Enda Kenny
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Enda Kenny TD |
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| 13th Taoiseach of Ireland | |
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Assumed office 9 March 2011 |
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| President |
Mary McAleese Michael D. Higgins |
| Tánaiste |
Eamon Gilmore (2011–2014) Joan Burton (2014–2016) Frances Fitzgerald (2016–present) |
| Preceded by | Brian Cowen |
| Minister for Defence | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Simon Coveney |
| Leader of the Fine Gael Party | |
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Assumed office 5 June 2002 |
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| Deputy |
Richard Bruton James Reilly |
| Preceded by | Michael Noonan |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 5 June 2002 – 9 March 2011 |
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| President | Mary McAleese |
| Taoiseach |
Bertie Ahern Brian Cowen |
| Preceded by | Michael Noonan |
| Succeeded by | Micheál Martin |
| Minister for Tourism and Trade | |
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In office 15 December 1994 – 26 June 1997 |
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| Taoiseach | John Bruton |
| Preceded by | Charlie McCreevy |
| Succeeded by | Jim McDaid |
| Minister of State for Youth Affairs | |
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In office 13 February 1986 – 21 January 1987 |
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| Taoiseach | Garret FitzGerald |
| Preceded by | George Birmingham |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Father of the Dáil | |
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Assumed office 14 June 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Séamus Pattison |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office June 1997 |
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| Constituency | Mayo |
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In office November 1975 – June 1997 |
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| Constituency | Mayo West |
| Personal details | |
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24 April 1951 Castlebar, Mayo, Ireland |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse(s) | Fionnuala O'Kelly (1992–present) |
| Children | 1 daughter 2 sons |
| Parents |
Henry Kenny Eithne McGinley |
| Residence | Steward's Lodge |
| Alma mater |
St Patrick's College, Dublin University College, Galway |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Enda Kenny (born 24 April 1951) is an Irish politician who has been leader of Fine Gael since 2002 and Taoiseach since March 2011. He has also been Ireland's Minister for Defence since 6 May 2016. He was a two-term Vice-President of the European People's Party and was Ireland's Minister for Tourism and Trade from 1994 to 1997.
Kenny has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Mayo since 1975, having succeeded his father Henry Kenny. He is the longest-serving TD currently in Dáil Éireann, which makes him the incumbent Father of the Dáil.
Kenny led Fine Gael ahead of the 2011 general election. He subsequently brokered an agreement with the Labour Party and formed a coalition government on 9 March 2011. After two months of negotiations following the 2016 election, an agreement was reached for a Fine Gael-led minority government, and Kenny was re-elected as Taoiseach on 6 May 2016. He is the first Taoiseach from Fine Gael since John Bruton from 1994 to 1997, the first Fine Gael leader to win government in an election since Garret FitzGerald in 1982, and the first Fine Gael Taoiseach to maintain his office after a general election.
Enda Kenny was born in 1951 in Derrywash, Islandeady, near Castlebar, County Mayo, the third child of five of Mary Eithne (McGinley) and Henry Kenny. He was educated locally at St Patrick's National School, Cornanool and at St. Gerald's College, Castlebar. He attended St Patrick's College of Education, Dublin, qualifying as a national teacher and was an undergraduate student at University College Galway. He worked as a primary school teacher for four years.
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