Minister: Charles Flanagan

Charles Flanagan

Charles Flanagan (born 1 November 1956) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency since 2020, and previously from 1987 to 2002, 2007 to 2016 and from 2016 to 2020 for the Laois constituency. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence in September 2020. He previously served as Minister for Justice and Equality from 2017 to 2020, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2014 to 2017, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs from May to July 2014 and Chair of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party from 2011 to 2014.

name	from	to	role	description	end	source	confidence
Department of Children and Youth Affairs	2014-05-08		Minister	Fine Gael	Midterm Reshuffle	www.dcya.gov.ie; www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_for_Children_and_Youth_Affairs	5
Department of Justice and Equality	2017-06-14	2020-06-27	Minister	Fine Gael; Succeeded Frances Fitzgerald following the appointment of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach	Election New Goverment	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Flanagan	5
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	2014-07-11	2017-06-14	Minister	Fine Gael; Appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following a Cabinet reshuffle due to the election of Joan Burton as Labour Party leader. Subsequently appointed Minister for Justice and Equality following the appointment of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach	Change of Taoiseach within Dail term	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Flanagan	5

Minister Information

Charles Flanagan