Minister: Dermot Ahern

Dermot Ahern

Dermot Christopher Ahern (born 20 April 1955) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Justice and Law Reform from 2008 to 2011, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2008, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources from 2002 to 2004, Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs from 1997 to 2002 and Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of Defence from 1991 to 1992. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency from 1987 to 2011.

name	from	to	role	description	end	source	confidence
Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs	1997-07-12	2002-06-17	Minister	Appointed Minister of Social Welfare 26/06/1997		DSFA Annual Report 2007	5
Department of Foreign Affairs (II)	2004-09-13	2008-05-07	Minister	Fianna Fáil		http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/	5
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform	2008-05-07	2010-06-02	Minister	Fianna Fáil	Midterm Reshuffle	http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/; S.I. No. 216/2010	5
Department of Justice and Law Reform	2010-06-02	2011-01-20	Minister		Resignation	http://www.justice.ie/; http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/	5
Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources	2002-06-06	2004-09-13	Minister	Fianna Fáil	Midterm Reshuffle	http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/	5

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Dermot Ahern