Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
| Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | |
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| European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science | |
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In office 9 February 2010 – 1 November 2014 |
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| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Janez Potočnik (Science and Research) |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Moedas (Research, Science and Innovation) |
| Member European Court of Auditors | |
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In office 1 March 2000 – 9 February 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Barry Desmond |
| Succeeded by | Eoin O'Shea |
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Minister for Equality and Law Reform Acting |
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In office 18 November 1994 – 15 December 1994 |
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| Taoiseach | Albert Reynolds |
| Preceded by | Mervyn Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Mervyn Taylor |
| Minister for Justice | |
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In office 4 January 1993 – 15 December 1994 |
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| Taoiseach | Albert Reynolds |
| Preceded by | Pádraig Flynn |
| Succeeded by | Nora Owen |
| Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications | |
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In office 11 February 1992 – 12 January 1993 |
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| Taoiseach | Albert Reynolds |
| Preceded by | Séamus Brennan |
| Succeeded by | Charlie McCreevy |
| Minister for the Gaeltacht | |
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In office 11 December 1979 – 30 June 1981 |
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| Taoiseach | Charles Haughey |
| Preceded by | Denis Gallagher |
| Succeeded by | Paddy O'Toole |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office March 1975 – June 1997 |
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| Constituency | Galway West |
| Personal details | |
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5 September 1950 Carna, Galway, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse(s) | John Quinn |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Our Lady of Mercy College, Carysfort |
| Website | Official website |
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (/ˈmɑːrə ˈɡɛɡɪn ˈkwɪn/; born 5 September 1950) is a former Irish politician. She served as European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science from 2010 to 2014. She previously served as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency from 1975 to 1997. She served in a number of ministries in Ireland in the early 1980s and early 1990s.
Máire Geoghegan was born in Carna, County Galway in September 1950. She was educated at Coláiste Muire, Tourmakeady, in County Mayo and at Carysfort College in Blackrock from where she qualified as a teacher. She is married to John Quinn, with whom she has two children.
In 1996, her novel The Green Diamond, about four young women sharing a house in Dublin in the 1960s, was published.
Her father, Johnny Geoghegan, was Fianna Fáil TD for Galway West from 1954 until his death in 1975. His daughter successfully contested the subsequent by-election. From 1977 to 1979 she worked as Parliamentary Secretary (Junior Minister) at the Department of Industry, Commerce and Energy. She served as a member of Galway City Council from 1985 to 1991.
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