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Enda Kenny

1951 - Today

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Enda Kenny (born 24 April 1951) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 2011 to 2017, Leader of Fine Gael from 2002 to 2017, Minister for Defence from May to July 2014 and 2016 to 2017, Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2011, Minister for Tourism and Trade from 1994 to 1997 and Minister of State at the Department of Labour and Department of Education with responsibility for Youth Affairs from 1986 to 1987. He served as Teachta Dála (TD) for Mayo West from 1975 to 1997 and for Mayo from 1997 to 2020. Kenny led Fine Gael to a historic victory at the 2011 general election, his party becoming the largest in the country for the first time, forming a coalition government with the Labour Party on 9 March 2011. He subsequently became the first Fine Gael member to be elected Taoiseach for a second consecutive term on 6 May 2016, after two months of negotiations, following the 2016 election, forming a Fine Gael-led minority government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Enda Kenny is the 13,131st most popular politician (up from 13,329th in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 173rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Enda Kenny ranks 13,131 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles D. B. King, M. S. Swaminathan, George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Merkawre Sobekhotep, San Yu, and Akmal Ikramov. After him are Rachida Dati, Orso II Participazio, Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Jonas Staugaitis, Max Petitpierre, and Ulises Heureaux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Enda Kenny ranks 277. Before him are Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., Greg Bear, Jakup Krasniqi, Bobby Jones, Oleg Gazmanov, and Andris Bērziņš. After him are Anthony Phillips, Jóannes Eidesgaard, Viktor Sukhorukov, Phil Manzanera, Alfredo Astiz, and Catherine Hicks.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Enda Kenny ranks 176 out of 549. Before him are Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), Edward Bruce (1275), Moya Brennan (1952), Brian McFadden (1980), Peter Woulfe (1727), and Seán O'Casey (1880). After him are Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Edna O'Brien (1930), Dorothea Jordan (1761), Yvonne Farrell (1951), John de Robeck (1862), and Herbert Brenon (1880).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Enda Kenny ranks 36. Before him are Micheál Martin (1960), Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Patrick Hillery (1923), Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), and Edward Bruce (1275). After him are Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), Liam Cosgrave (1920), John Bruton (1947), Garret FitzGerald (1926), and Charles Haughey (1925).

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