Charles Flanagan

Charles Flanagan
Flanagan in 2022
Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
In office 15 September 2020 – 8 November 2024
Preceded by	Brendan Smith
Minister for Justice and Equality
In office 14 June 2017 – 27 June 2020
Taoiseach	Leo Varadkar
Preceded by	Frances Fitzgerald
Succeeded by	Helen McEntee (Justice) Roderic O'Gorman (Equality)
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
In office 11 July 2014 – 14 June 2017
Taoiseach	Enda Kenny
Preceded by	Eamon Gilmore
Succeeded by	Simon Coveney
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
In office 8 May 2014 – 11 July 2014
Taoiseach	Enda Kenny
Preceded by	Frances Fitzgerald
Succeeded by	James Reilly
Chair of the Fine Gael parliamentary party
In office 9 March 2011 – 8 May 2014
Leader	Enda Kenny
Preceded by	Pádraic McCormack
Succeeded by	Dan Neville
Teachta Dála
In office February 2020 – November 2024
In office May 2007 – February 2016
In office February 1987 – May 2002
Constituency	Laois–Offaly
In office February 2016 – February 2020
Constituency	Laois
Personal details
Born	(1956-11-01) 1 November 1956 (age 68) Mountmellick, County Laois, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse	Mary Flanagan ​ (m. 1994)​
Children	2
Parent	Oliver J. Flanagan (father)
Alma mater	University College Dublin

Charles Flanagan (born 1 November 1956) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency from 2020 to 2024, 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.^[1]