- Gay Mitchell
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name = Gay Mitchell
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office =Member of the European Parliament for Dublin
predecessor =Mary Banotti
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term_start = 2004
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1951|30|12|df=yes
birth_place =Dublin Ireland
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party =Fine Gael
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footnotes =Gabriel "Gay" Mitchell (Irish: "Gabriel Ó Maoilmhíchil") (born 30 December 1951 in
Dublin ) is an Irish politician andMember of the European Parliament forDublin since 2004. He is a member ofFine Gael , part of theEuropean People's Party , and a formerTeachta Dála for Dublin South Central from 1981–2007.__TOC__Gay Mitchell was born inInchicore ,Dublin in 1951. He was educated at St. Michael's Christian Brothers School, Emmet Road Vocational School,DIT College of Commerce andQueen's University Belfast .Mitchell first became involved in politics in 1979 as a member of
Dublin City Council . He was first elected toDáil Éireann asFine Gael TD at the 1981 general election for the Dublin South Central constituency. Since then he has served as a Minister of State at theDepartment of the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs with special responsibility for European Affairs. He was the Irish Representative on the Reflection Group which prepared theAmsterdam Treaty .Mitchell is also a former
Lord Mayor of Dublin and, while never holding full cabinet rank, has served on the opposition front bench as spokesperson on Health (2000–2002), Foreign Affairs (1997–2000), Justice (1993–1994), Public Service and Constitutional Reform (1991–1992), Tourism and Transport (1989–1991), European Integration (1988–1989), Urban Renewal (1987–1988) and Health Board Reform (1981–1982).Following
Michael Noonan 's resignation as Fine Gael leader in 2002, Mitchell was a challenger in the subsequent leadership election, losing out to the victor,Enda Kenny . Before his election to theEuropean Parliament , Mitchell had been party spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, writing the party's "Beyond Neutrality" policy document. In November 2006, Mitchell announced that he had taken the difficult decision not to contest the 2007 general election and concentrate on his European seat. [ [http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1124/tds.html Fox & Mitchell not standing in election] – "RTÉ News " article, 24 November 2006.]Mitchel is a Vice Chair of the
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly .His late brother Jim was a long-serving
Fine Gael TD and former government minister.During the 2008 referendum on the
Lisbon Treaty , Mr. Mitchell supported the Yes campaign and was Fine Gael's director of elections for the referendum. He was widely praised for the role he played in the Lisbon campaign.References
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Families in the Oireachtas External links
* [http://www.finegael.ie/Representatives/representatives.cfm?id=39&TD_Key=11 Gay Mitchell's page on the Fine Gael website]
* [http://www.europarl.eu.int/members/public/geoSearch/view.do?country=IE&partNumber=1&zone=Dublin&language=EN&id=28112 Gay Mitchell's page on the European Parliament website]
* [http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3449 Gay Mitchell's electoral history] (ElectionsIreland.org)Navboxes
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