Joe McHugh | |
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Chair of the Committee on European Union Affairs | |
Assumed office 15 September 2020 | |
Preceded by | Michael Healy-Rae |
Minister for Education and Skills | |
In office 16 October 2018 – 27 June 2020 | |
Taoiseach | Leo Varadkar |
Preceded by | Richard Bruton |
Succeeded by | Norma Foley |
Minister of State | |
2017–2018 | Government Chief Whip |
2017–2018 | Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
2016–2018 | Taoiseach |
2016–2017 | Foreign Affairs and Trade |
2014–2016 | Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht |
2014–2016 | Communications, Energy and Natural Resources |
Teachta Dála | |
Assumed office February 2016 | |
Constituency | Donegal |
In office May 2007 – February 2016 | |
Constituency | Donegal North-East |
Senator | |
In office 12 September 2002 – 24 May 2007 | |
Constituency | Administrative Panel |
Personal details | |
Born | Carrigart, County Donegal, Ireland | 16 July 1971
Political party | Fine Gael |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Tom Enright (father-in-law) |
Alma mater | NUI, Maynooth |
Joe McHugh (born 16 July 1971) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Chair of the Committee on European Union Affairs since September 2020. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency since 2016, and previously from 2007 to 2016 for the Donegal North-East constituency. He served as Minister for Education and Skills from 2018 to 2020 and as a Minister of State from 2014 to 2018, including as Government Chief Whip from 2017 to 2018. He was a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2002 and 2007.[1]
In May 2022, McHugh announced that he would not stand at the next general election.[2][3]