Joan Burton
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Joan Burton TD |
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| Tánaiste | |
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In office 4 July 2014 – 6 May 2016 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Eamon Gilmore |
| Succeeded by | Frances Fitzgerald |
| Leader of the Labour Party | |
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In office 4 July 2014 – 20 May 2016 |
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| Deputy | Alan Kelly |
| Preceded by | Eamon Gilmore |
| Succeeded by | Brendan Howlin |
| Minister for Social Protection | |
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In office 9 March 2011 – 6 May 2016 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Éamon Ó Cuív |
| Succeeded by | Leo Varadkar |
| Deputy Leader of the Labour Party | |
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In office 4 October 2007 – 4 July 2014 |
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| Leader | Eamon Gilmore |
| Preceded by | Liz McManus |
| Succeeded by | Alan Kelly |
| Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Human Rights | |
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In office 20 December 1994 – 26 June 1997 |
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| Taoiseach | John Bruton |
| Preceded by | Tom Kitt |
| Succeeded by | Liz O'Donnell |
| Minister of State at the Department of Social Welfare | |
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In office 14 January 1993 – 15 December 1994 |
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| Taoiseach | Albert Reynolds |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office May 2002 |
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In office November 1992 – June 1997 |
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| Constituency | Dublin West |
| Personal details | |
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1 February 1949 Stoneybatter, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Pat Carroll |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Website | Official website |
Joan Burton (born 1 February 1949) is an Irish politician who was leader of the Irish Labour Party from 2014 to 2016. She is a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin West constituency.
Burton was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1992 general election. From 1995 to 1997 she was Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs. She lost her seat at the 1997 general election but was re-elected to the Dáil at the 2002 general election. She was deputy leader of the Labour Party under Eamon Gilmore between 2007 and 2014. She was Tánaiste (deputy prime minister) from 2014 to 2016 and Minister for Social Protection from 2011 to 2016. She resigned as Labour Party leader in May 2016, following heavy losses by the party in the 2016 general election.
Burton is a native of the Stoneybatter area of Dublin. She was adopted by the Burtons as a baby and brought up in Inchicore. Her adoptive father worked in the local iron foundry. She was educated at St. Gabriel's NS, Cowper Street and St. Joseph Sisters of Charity Secondary School, Stanhope Street and University College Dublin (UCD), where she graduated with a degree in commerce. She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. She has worked as a lecturer in Accountancy in the Dublin Institute of Technology and the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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