Seán Barrett (Fine Gael)
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Seán Barrett TD |
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| Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann | |
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In office 9 March 2011 – 10 March 2016 |
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| President |
Mary McAleese Michael D. Higgins |
| Deputy | Michael P. Kitt |
| Preceded by | Séamus Kirk |
| Succeeded by | Seán Ó Fearghaíl |
| Minister for Defence | |
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In office 23 May 1995 – 26 June 1997 |
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| Taoiseach | John Bruton |
| Preceded by | Hugh Coveney |
| Succeeded by | David Andrews |
| Minister for the Marine | |
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In office 23 May 1995 – 26 June 1997 |
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| Taoiseach | John Bruton |
| Preceded by | Hugh Coveney |
| Succeeded by | Michael Woods |
| Government Chief Whip | |
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In office 14 December 1982 – 13 February 1986 |
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| Taoiseach | Garret FitzGerald |
| Preceded by | Bertie Ahern |
| Succeeded by | Fergus O'Brien |
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In office 15 December 1994 – 23 May 1995 |
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| Taoiseach | John Bruton |
| Preceded by | Noel Dempsey |
| Succeeded by | Jim Higgins |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office May 2007 |
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In office June 1981 – May 2002 |
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| Constituency | Dún Laoghaire |
| Personal details | |
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9 August 1944 Killiney, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse(s) | Jean Barrett |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Seán Barrett (born 9 August 1944) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who was Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from March 2011 to March 2016. He served as Minister for Defence from 1995 to 1997, and later he was party spokesperson on Foreign Affairs. He is a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency.
He was educated at CBS Dún Laoghaire, C.B.C. Monkstown and Presentation Brothers College in Glasthule, County Dublin. Before Barrett entered politics he was a partner in a successful Dublin-based insurance brokerage firm (Barrett, Hegarty Moloney, established in 1980). A keen fan of horse-racing, in 1987 he also established Sean Barrett Bloodstock Insurances Ltd.
He first became involved in local politics, serving on Dublin County Council from 1974 until 1982. He was a member of Dublin County Council between 1991 and 1993 and then served as a member of the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council until 1995.
At the 1977 general election, Barrett stood as a Fine Gael candidate in the Dublin County South, but failed to win a seat. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann when he stood in the Dún Laoghaire constituency at the 1981 general election, where he was returned at each subsequent election until his retirement at the 2002 general election. He came out of retirement to successfully contest the 2007 general election.
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