Minister: Richard Bruton

Richard Bruton

Richard Bruton (born 15 March 1953) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Bay North since 2016, and previously from 1982 to 2016 for the Dublin North-Central constituency. He is the Chairman of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party since July 2020. He previously served as Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment from 2018 to 2020, Minister for Education and Skills from 2016 to 2018, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation from 2011 to 2016, Deputy leader of Fine Gael from 2002 to 2010, Minister for Enterprise and Employment from 1994 to 1997 and Minister of State for Energy Affairs from 1986 to 1987. He was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 1981 to 1982.

name	from	to	role	description	end	source	confidence
Department of Enterprise and Employment	1994-12-15	1997-06-26	Minister	Fine Gael	Election New Goverment	http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/	5
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation	2011-03-09	2011-06-02		"Continued as Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation"		http://www.deti.ie/	5
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation	2011-06-02	2016-05-06	Minister	Fine Gael		http://www.deti.ie/; S.I. No. 245/2011	5
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment	2018-10-16	2020-06-27	Minister		Election New Goverment	"https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-10-11/27/;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bruton"	5
Department of Education and Skills	2016-05-06	2018-10-16	Minister	Fine Gael	Midterm Reshuffle	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_the_32nd_D%C3%A1il; https://www.education.ie/en/The-Department/Ministers/Ministers-for-Education-From-1921-to-Date.html	5

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Richard Bruton