Richard Bruton
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Richard Bruton TD |
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Richard Bruton at the 2012 Fine Gael Ard Fheis
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| Minister for Education and Skills | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Jan O'Sullivan |
| Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation | |
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In office 9 March 2011 – 6 May 2016 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Mary Hanafin |
| Succeeded by | Mary Mitchell O'Connor |
| Deputy Leader of the Fine Gael Party | |
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In office 12 June 2002 – 14 June 2010 |
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| Leader | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Jim Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | James Reilly |
| Minister for Enterprise and Employment | |
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In office 15 December 1994 – 26 June 1997 |
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| Taoiseach | John Bruton |
| Preceded by | Charlie McCreevy |
| Succeeded by | Mary Harney |
| Minister of State for Energy Affairs | |
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In office 23 September 1986 – 20 January 1987 |
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| Taoiseach | Garret FitzGerald |
| Preceded by | Edward Collins |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Dublin Bay North |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office February 1982 – February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Dublin North–Central |
| Senator | |
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In office 13 October 1981 – 26 February 1982 |
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| Constituency | Agricultural Panel |
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15 March 1953 Dunboyne, Meath, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Meehan |
| Relations | John Bruton (Brother) |
| Children | 4 |
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| Alma mater | |
| Website | www |
Richard Bruton (born 15 March 1953) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Education and Skills since May 2016. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) since 1982, currently for the Dublin Bay North constituency. He has served as Minister for Enterprise and Employment from 1994 to 1997, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation from 2011 to 2016 and Deputy Leader of the Fine Gael Party from 2002 to 2010. He was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 1981 to 1982.
Bruton previously served as Minister for Enterprise and Employment from 1994 to 1997. While Fine Gael were in opposition, he was the party spokesperson on Finance and its Deputy Leader from 2002 to 2010. When Fine Gael returned to power he was appointed as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in March 2011.
Richard Bruton was born in Dublin and grew up in Dunboyne, County Meath. He is the son of Joseph and Doris Bruton. He was educated at Belvedere College, Clongowes Wood College, University College Dublin and Nuffield College, Oxford. At Oxford he graduated with a MPhil in Economics, his thesis being on the subject of Irish public debt. He is a research economist by profession, and after university he worked at the Economic and Social Research Institute. This was followed by two years in the tobacco company P.J. Carroll before moving on to his final private sector job at CRH.
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