Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
In office 9 March 2011 – 11 July 2014
Taoiseach
Enda Kenny
Preceded by
Pat Carey
Succeeded by
Alex White
Leader of the Labour Party
In office 25 October 2002 – 6 September 2007
Deputy
Liz McManus
Preceded by
Ruairi Quinn
Succeeded by
Eamon Gilmore
Minister of State
1994–1997
Government
1994–1997
Enterprise and Employment
Teachta Dála
In office June 1989 – February 2016
Constituency
Dublin South-West
Personal details
Born
(1949-05-18) 18 May 1949 (age 74) Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland
Political party
Labour Party
Spouse
Derry Rabbitte
(m. 1981)
Children
3
Education
St Colman's College
Alma mater
University College Galway[1]
Pat Rabbitte (born 18 May 1949) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources from 2011 to 2014, Leader of the Labour Party from 2002 to 2007 and a Minister of State from 1994 to 1997. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency from 1989 to 2016.[2][3]
^"Former NUI Galway Students, including Taoiseach, take senior roles in Cabinet". Spring 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012.
^"Pat Rabbitte". Oireachtas Members Database. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^"Rabbitte resigns as Labour leader". RTÉ News. 23 August 2007. Archived from the original on 8 May 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2007.
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contested the Leadership won by former student union and political colleague PatRabbitte.[citation needed] Around this time, Gilmore voiced his support for the...
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2011". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 September 2008. Rabbitte, Minister Pat (8 October 2013). "Rabbitte Gets Green Light From Cabinet For "Next Generation...
deputy leader of the Labour Party. Another former Democratic Left TD, PatRabbitte, became leader of the party. She also became the Labour Party Spokesperson...
as Labour leader, being replaced in a leadership election by PatRabbitte. When Rabbitte resigned as party leader in 2007, Quinn supported the successful...
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pre-electoral pact with Fine Gael, and his clashes with party leader PatRabbitte. He was first elected to Sligo Corporation and Sligo County Council in...
Natural Resources PatRabbitte. During the discussion, with the minister being asked if he had broken any campaign promises, Rabbitte said, "Isn't that...
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Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014. "PatRabbitte will NOT be contesting the next general election". TheJournal.ie. 6 July...
in the constituency. During the campaign, former Labour Party leader PatRabbitte, reacting to her appointment as Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Housing and...
murders and many other attacks, many on civilians. One victim was solicitor Pat Finucane. Nelson also supervised the shipping of weapons to loyalists in...
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