Simon Coveney | |
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.jpg) Coveney in 2022 | |
| Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment | |
| In office 17 December 2022 – 9 April 2024 | |
| Taoiseach | Leo Varadkar |
| Preceded by | Leo Varadkar |
| Succeeded by | Peter Burke |
| Minister for Defence | |
| In office 27 June 2020 – 17 December 2022 | |
| Taoiseach | Micheál Martin |
| Preceded by | Leo Varadkar |
| Succeeded by | Micheál Martin |
| In office 11 July 2014 – 6 May 2016 | |
| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Enda Kenny |
| Succeeded by | Enda Kenny |
| Tánaiste | |
| In office 30 November 2017 – 27 June 2020 | |
| Taoiseach | Leo Varadkar |
| Preceded by | Frances Fitzgerald |
| Succeeded by | Leo Varadkar |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 14 June 2017 – 17 December 2022 | |
| Taoiseach | |
| Preceded by | Charles Flanagan |
| Succeeded by | Micheál Martin |
| Deputy leader of Fine Gael | |
| In office 13 June 2017 – 5 April 2024 | |
| Leader | |
| Preceded by | James Reilly |
| Succeeded by | Heather Humphreys |
| Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government | |
| In office 6 May 2016 – 14 June 2017 | |
| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Alan Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Eoghan Murphy |
| Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine | |
| In office 9 March 2011 – 6 May 2016 | |
| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Brendan Smith |
| Succeeded by | Michael Creed |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office October 1998 – November 2024 | |
| Constituency | Cork South-Central |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 20 July 2004 – 24 June 2007 | |
| Constituency | South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 June 1972 Cork, Ireland |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse |
Ruth Furney (m. 2008) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent |
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| Education | Clongowes Wood College |
| Alma mater | |
| Website | simoncoveney |
Simon Coveney (born 16 June 1972) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment from 2022 to 2024. He served as deputy leader of Fine Gael from 2017 to 2024. He has been in the cabinet since 2011, holding a range of ministerial portfolios, including as Tánaiste from 2017 to 2020.
He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency from 1998 to 2024, having been elected in a by-election following the death of his father Hugh Coveney. He also served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency from 2004 to 2007.[1]
- ^ "Simon Coveney". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2009.