Pearse Doherty
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Pearse Doherty TD |
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Pearse Doherty in 2014
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| Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Finance | |
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Assumed office February 2011 |
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| Leader | Gerry Adams |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Donegal |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office November 2010 – February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Donegal South-West |
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In office 24 July 2007 – 25 November 2010 |
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| Constituency | Agricultural Panel |
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6 July 1977 Glasgow, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse(s) | Róisín Doherty |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Dublin Institute of Technology |
| Website | Official website |
Pearse Doherty (born 6 July 1977) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He is a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency and is Sinn Féin's Dáil spokesperson on Finance. He previously served on Donegal County Council from 2004 to 2007, in Seanad Éireann from 2007 to 2010, and as TD for the Donegal South-West constituency from 2010 to 2016.
Doherty was born to an Irish family living in Glasgow, Scotland. The family returned home to the Gaeltacht area of Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair), County Donegal, when he was three years old. He grew up in the Gaeltacht and is a native speaker of the Irish language.
He enrolled in a civil engineering degree course at Dublin Institute of Technology in 1996. He completed two years of the course, earning a national certificate that entitled him to work as a civil engineering technician. He then left third-level education to pursue a job in that field. Doherty later resumed his studies by enrolling in another civil engineering course at Letterkenny Institute of Technology, but dropped out to run for Dáil Éireann in the 2002 general election.
A member of Sinn Féin since 1996, Doherty was a founding member of Sinn Féin Republican Youth and served on its national executive.
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