Mary Hanafin
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Cllr Mary Hanafin |
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| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Councillor | |
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Assumed office May 2014 |
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| Constituency | Blackrock |
| Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil | |
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In office 20 January 2011 – 9 March 2011 |
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| Leader | Micheál Martin |
| Preceded by | Mary Coughlan |
| Succeeded by | Brian Lenihan |
| Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport | |
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In office 23 March 2010 – 9 March 2011 |
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| Taoiseach | Brian Cowen |
| Preceded by |
Martin Cullen (Arts, Sport and Tourism) |
| Succeeded by |
Leo Varadkar (Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht) |
| Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation | |
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In office 20 January 2011 – 9 March 2011 |
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| Taoiseach | Brian Cowen |
| Preceded by | Batt O'Keeffe |
| Succeeded by |
Richard Bruton (Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation) |
| Minister for Social and Family Affairs | |
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In office 7 May 2008 – 23 March 2010 |
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| Taoiseach | Brian Cowen |
| Preceded by | Martin Cullen |
| Succeeded by |
Éamon Ó Cuív (Social Protection) |
| Minister for Education and Science | |
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In office 29 September 2004 – 7 May 2008 |
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| Taoiseach | Bertie Ahern |
| Preceded by | Noel Dempsey |
| Succeeded by | Batt O'Keeffe |
| Government Chief Whip | |
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In office 6 June 2002 – 29 September 2004 |
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| Taoiseach | Bertie Ahern |
| Preceded by | Séamus Brennan |
| Succeeded by | Tom Kitt |
| Minister of State for Children | |
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In office 1 February 2000 – 6 June 2002 |
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| Taoiseach | Bertie Ahern |
| Preceded by | Frank Fahey |
| Succeeded by | Brian Lenihan |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office June 1997 – February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Dún Laoghaire |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 June 1959 Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse(s) | Eamon Leahy (Deceased) |
| Alma mater |
St Patrick's College, Maynooth Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) |
| Profession | Teacher |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Leo Varadkar
(Transport, Tourism and Sport)
Mary Hanafin (born 1 June 1959) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dún Laoghaire from 1997 to 2011. She served as Government Chief Whip (2002–04), Minister for Education and Science (2004–08), Minister for Social and Family Affairs (2008–10), Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport (2010–11) and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation (2011). She was briefly Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil in 2011. Since May 2014 she has sat as a Councillor on Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, representing the Blackrock ward.
Born in Thurles, County Tipperary, Hanafin is the daughter of Des and Mona Hanafin. Her father was a businessman and Fianna Fáil councillor who later served as a Senator at various times for over twenty-five years between 1969 and 2002. Her brother John Hanafin was a member of Seanad Éireann from 2002 to 2011.
Hanafin was educated at the Presentation Convent in Thurles and St. Patrick's College in Maynooth, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree. She subsequently worked as a secondary school teacher of Irish and History in the Dominican College Sion Hill in Blackrock, Dublin. Hanafin also obtained a diploma in legal studies at the Dublin Institute of Technology.
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