Brendan Howlin facts for kids

Brendan Howlin
Quick facts for kids Brendan Howlin ; TD
Leader of the Labour Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 20 May 2016
Preceded by	Joan Burton
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
	In office; 9 March 2011 – 6 May 2016
Taoiseach	Enda Kenny
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Paschal Donohoe
Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
	In office; 26 June 2007 – 9 March 2011
Ceann Comhairle	John O'Donoghue; Seamus Kirk;
Preceded by	Séamus Pattison
Succeeded by	Michael Kitt
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
	In office; 13 November 1997 – 25 October 2002
Leader	Ruairi Quinn
Preceded by	Ruairi Quinn
Succeeded by	Liz McManus
Minister for the Environment
	In office; 14 December 1994 – 26 June 1997
Taoiseach	John Bruton
Preceded by	Michael Smith
Succeeded by	Noel Dempsey
Minister for Health
	In office; 12 January 1993 – 17 November 1994
Taoiseach	Albert Reynolds
Preceded by	John O'Connell
Succeeded by	Michael Woods
Teachta Dála
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; February 1987
Constituency	Wexford
Senator
	In office; 21 February 1983 – 17 February 1987
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born	9 May 1956 (age 65); Wexford, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Labour Party
Alma mater	St Patrick's College, Dublin

Brendan Howlin (born 9 May 1956) is an Irish Labour Party politician. He was Leader of the Labour Party since May 2016. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency since 1987.

He was Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform from 2011 to 2016, Leas-Cheann Comhairle from 2007 to 2011, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1997 to 2002, Minister for the Environment from 1994 to 1997 and Minister for Health from 1993 to 1994.

He was a Senator from 1983 to 1987, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.

In February 2020, after a poor result for the Labour Party in the 2020 general election, he announced that he would be stepping down as party leader in a few weeks.

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Howlin (front left) in 2013.