Charles Flanagan

Charles Flanagan TD
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2007
In office February 1987 – May 2002
Constituency	Laois–Offaly
Personal details
Born	1 November 1956 (1956-11-01) (age 55) Mountmellick, County Laois
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fine Gael
Alma mater	University College Dublin

Charles "Charlie" Flanagan (born 1 November 1956) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He is currently a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency.^[1]

Flanagan was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1987 general election, succeeding his father Oliver J. Flanagan. He retained his seat at each election until losing it at the 2002 general election, but regained his seat for Laois–Offaly at the 2007 general election.^[2] He was a member of Laois County Council from 1985 until he stepped down in 2004. He was party spokesperson on Justice, Equality and Law Reform from 2007–10, and was the party spokesperson on Children from 2010–11.^[3]

He has been chairperson of the Fine Gael parliamentary party since June 2011.

References

1. ^ "Mr. Charles Flanagan". Oireachtas Members Database. http://oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=25&MemberID=414&ConstID=123. Retrieved 5 June 2009. 
2. ^ "Charles Flanagan". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3699. Retrieved 5 June 2009. 
3. ^ "Bruton & Noonan return to Fine Gael frontbench". RTÉ News. 1 July 2010. http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0701/finegael.html. Retrieved 3 July 2010. 

External links

• Charles Flanagan's page on the Fine Gael website

Oireachtas
Preceded by Oliver J. Flanagan (Fine Gael)	Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Laois–Offaly 1987–2002	Succeeded by Tom Parlon (Progressive Democrats)
Preceded by Tom Parlon (Progressive Democrats)	Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Laois–Offaly 2007–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Flanagan, Charles
Alternative names
Short description	Irish Fine Gael politician
Date of birth	1 November 1956
Place of birth	Mountmellick, County Laois
Date of death
Place of death