Brendan Smith | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Brendan_Smith_(portrait).jpg) Smith in 2016 | |
| Chair of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party | |
| Assumed office 26 May 2016 | |
| Leader | Micheál Martin |
| Preceded by | John Browne |
| Chair of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
| In office 4 April 2016 – 15 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Pat Breen |
| Succeeded by | Charles Flanagan |
| Minister for Justice and Law Reform | |
| In office 20 January 2011 – 9 March 2011 | |
| Taoiseach | Brian Cowen |
| Preceded by | Dermot Ahern |
| Succeeded by | Alan Shatter (Justice and Equality) |
| Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
| In office 7 May 2008 – 9 March 2011 | |
| Taoiseach | Brian Cowen |
| Preceded by | Mary Coughlan |
| Succeeded by | Simon Coveney (Agriculture, Food and the Marine) |
| Minister of State | |
| 2007–2008 | Children |
| 2004–2007 | Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
| Teachta Dála | |
| Assumed office November 1992 | |
| Constituency | Cavan–Monaghan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 June 1956 Cavan, Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse |
Anne McGarry (m. 1985) |
| Education | St. Camillus College |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Website | brendansmith |
Brendan Smith (born 1 June 1956) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as chair of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party since May 2016. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency since 1992. He previously served as chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2016 to 2020, Minister for Justice and Law Reform from January 2011 to March 2011, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 2008 to 2011, Minister of State for Children from 2007 to 2008 and Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 2004 to 2007.[1]
- ^ "Brendan Smith". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2009.