Ivana Bacik

Ivana Bacik
Bacik in 2021
Leader of the Labour Party
Assumed office
24 March 2022
Preceded byAlan Kelly
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
9 July 2021
ConstituencyDublin Bay South
Leader of the Labour Party in the Seanad
In office
25 May 2011 – 9 July 2021
Leader
Preceded byPhil Prendergast
Succeeded byRebecca Moynihan
Deputy leader of the Seanad
In office
25 May 2011 – 6 May 2016
TaoiseachEnda Kenny
LeaderMaurice Cummins
Preceded byDan Boyle
Succeeded byCatherine Noone
Senator
In office
13 September 2007 – 12 July 2021
ConstituencyDublin University
Personal details
Born (1968-05-25) 25 May 1968 (age 56)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party
SpouseAlan Saul
RelationsCharles Bacik (grandfather)
Children2
EducationAlexandra College
Alma mater
Websiteivanabacik.com

Ivana Catherine Bacik[a] (born 25 May 1968) is an Irish politician who has been the Leader of the Labour Party since 24 March 2022 and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay South constituency since winning a by-election on 9 July 2021. Bacik previously served as Leader of the Labour Party in the Seanad from 2011 to 2021, and a Senator for the Dublin University constituency from 2007 to 2021.[2] She previously served as Deputy leader of the Seanad from 2011 to 2016.

Bacik is known in particular for her abortion rights campaigning since the 1980s, and her high media profile.[3]

  1. ^ Cox, Catherine (October 2009). "Bačík, Charles". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Ivana Bacik". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  3. ^ Collins, Liam (4 April 2004). "Ivana Bacik, the media supergirl". Sunday Independent. Dublin. ISSN 0039-5218. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.


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