Ciarán Cannon
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Ciarán Cannon TD |
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| Minister of State for Training and Skills | |
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In office 10 March 2011 – 15 July 2014 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Galway East |
| Senator | |
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In office 10 August 2007 – 26 February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 September 1965 Galway, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse(s) | Niamh Lawless |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
Ciarán Cannon (born 19 September 1965) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency, upon being elected at the 2011 general election. He previously served as Minister of State for Training and Skills from March 2011 to July 2014. He had been a Senator from 2007 to 2011, upon being Nominated by the Taoiseach.
Before entering politics he was CEO (2002–06) and secretary (2000–02) of IHCPT – The Irish Pilgrimage Trust. In 2002 he was honoured as one of the Galway People of the Year.
He was elected to Galway County Council in 2004 to represent the Loughrea electoral area with 1,307 first preferences. He was an unsuccessful PD candidate at the 2007 general election for the Galway East constituency. He received 3,321 first preferences in the 2007 poll.
He was nominated by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern to the Seanad as a Progressive Democrats member in 2007.
Cannon was elected as Leader of the Progressive Democrats on 17 April 2008. Cannon was the first leader of the Progressive Democrats to come from Seanad Éireann. At his first press conference as party leader Cannon stated that he believed "there was passion, commitment, talent and knowledge within the PDs' ranks to stage a big comeback".
However, after speculation increased that Noel Grealish, one of the party's two TDs, intended to leave the party, he announced in September 2008 that a party conference would be held on 8 November 2008 at which he would recommend that the party disband. At that conference, the delegates present voted by 201–161 that the party should disband.
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