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Coveney, Simon, 1972-

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Personal name headingCoveney, Simon, 1972-
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Birth date1972-06-16
Place of birthCork (Ireland)
Profession or occupationPoliticians
Found inReconciling Ireland, 2021: title page (with forewords by Simon Coveney, TD, and Brandon Lewis, CBE, MP)
Wikipedia, August 18, 2022 (Simon Coveney; born June 16, 1972 in Cork, Ireland; Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Leader of Fine Gael since 2017 and Minister for Defence since 2020; He has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency since 1998; he previously served as Tánaiste from 2017 to 2020, Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government from 2016 to 2017, and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine from 2011 to 2016; He also served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency from 2004 to 2007; he was elected to Dáil Éireann in a by-election in 1998, following the death of his father Hugh Coveney)