Phil Hogan
| Phil Hogan | |
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| European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2014 |
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| President | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Preceded by | Dacian Cioloș |
| Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government | |
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In office 9 March 2011 – 11 July 2014 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Éamon Ó Cuív |
| Succeeded by | Alan Kelly |
| Minister of State at the Department of Finance | |
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In office 20 December 1994 – 27 January 1995 |
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| Taoiseach | John Bruton |
| Preceded by | Noel Dempsey |
| Succeeded by | Avril Doyle |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office June 1989 – October 2014 |
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| Constituency | Carlow–Kilkenny |
| Senator | |
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In office April 1987 – 15 June 1989 |
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| Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
| Personal details | |
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Philp Hogan 4 July 1960 Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University College Cork |
Phil Hogan (born 4 July 1960) is an Irish politician who currently serves as European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development since November 2014. Prior to becoming Commissioner, he represented the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency in Dáil Éireann as Teachta Dála (TD) between 1989 and 2014. During that time, he held numerous positions, serving as the Chairperson of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party until 2001, as the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, and as the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government from March 2011 to July 2014.
Phil Hogan was born in Kilkenny in 1960. He grew up on a farm in the south-east of Ireland. He was educated locally in St. Joseph's College, Freshford, and in St. Kieran's College, Kilkenny. Afterwards, he attended University College Cork, where he graduated with a degree in Economics and Geography. He also received a Higher Diploma in Education from the same university. After completing his university studies, he returned to Kilkenny to manage his family farm. During that time period, he also founded an insurance and real estate business in Urlingford, Kilkenny in the 1980s.
Hogan first became involved in politics at a young age, when he became a local councillor for Kilkenny County Council at the age of 22. He would retain that seat in the 1985 Local Elections when he topped the poll in his area. Around the time of his 25th birthday he was elected Chairman of Kilkenny County Council. He was then the country’s youngest council chairman. He would serve in this role on two separate occasions, first between 1985–1986 and then between 1989–1990. In addition to his local political activities, Hogan was also an active member of the South-Eastern Health Board between 1991 and 1999. From there, Hogan decided to contest the 1987 general election in an unsuccessful bid. Soon after, Hogan was subsequently elected to Seanad Éireann on the Industrial and Commercial Panel, serving between 1987 and 1989.
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