Michael Noonan
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Michael Noonan TD |
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| Minister for Finance | |
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Assumed office 9 March 2011 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Brian Lenihan |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 9 February 2001 – 5 June 2002 |
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| President | Mary McAleese |
| Taoiseach | Bertie Ahern |
| Preceded by | John Bruton |
| Succeeded by | Enda Kenny |
| Leader of the Fine Gael Party | |
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In office 9 February 2001 – 5 June 2002 |
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| Deputy | Jim Mitchell |
| Preceded by | John Bruton |
| Succeeded by | Enda Kenny |
| Minister for Health | |
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In office 15 December 1994 – 26 June 1997 |
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| Taoiseach | John Bruton |
| Preceded by | Michael Woods |
| Succeeded by | Brian Cowen |
| Minister for Industry and Commerce | |
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In office 14 February 1986 – 10 March 1987 |
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| Taoiseach | Garret FitzGerald |
| Preceded by | John Bruton (Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism) |
| Succeeded by | Albert Reynolds |
| Minister for Justice | |
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In office 14 December 1982 – 14 February 1986 |
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| Taoiseach | Garret FitzGerald |
| Preceded by | Seán Doherty |
| Succeeded by | Alan Dukes |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Limerick City |
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In office June 1981 – February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Limerick East |
| Personal details | |
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21 May 1943 Loughill, Limerick, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse(s) | Florence Knightley (1969–2012) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater |
St Patrick's College, Dublin University College Dublin |
Michael Noonan (born 21 May 1943) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and has been the Minister for Finance since March 2011. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick East and later Limerick City constituencies since 1981.
Noonan has been a minister in every Fine Gael-led government since 1982, serving in the cabinets of Garret FitzGerald, John Bruton and Enda Kenny. During these terms of office he held the positions of Minister for Justice, Minister for Industry and Commerce and Minister for Health. When Fine Gael lost power after the 1997 general election, Noonan remained an important figure in the party, taking over as spokesperson on finance.
He succeeded John Bruton as party leader in 2001, however, he resigned following Fine Gael's disastrous showing at the 2002 general election. After eight years as a backbencher, during which time he served as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny appointed Noonan to his front bench in 2010 as spokesperson on finance.
The son of a local school teacher, Noonan was born in Loughill, County Limerick in 1943. He was educated at the local national school and St. Patrick's secondary school in Glin before studying primary school teaching at St. Patrick's College of Education in Drumcondra. He subsequently completed a BA and H.Dip. in English and Economics at University College Dublin and began work as a secondary school teacher in Dublin. Noonan developed an interest in politics from his mother, whose family had been heavily involved in Fine Gael at local level in Limerick, and joined the Dublin branch of the party after graduating from university. He returned to Limerick in the late 1960s and took up a teaching post at Crescent College. Here he continued his involvement in politics, canvassing for the Fine Gael candidate, James O'Higgins, in the Limerick East by-election in 1968 caused by the death of Donogh O'Malley.
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