Eamon Gilmore

Eamon Gilmore
Gilmore in 2014
European Union Special Representative for Human Rights
In office
1 March 2019 – 29 February 2024
PresidentJean-Claude Juncker
Ursula von der Leyen
Preceded byStavros Lambrinidis
Succeeded byOlof Skoog
European Union Special Representative for the Colombian Peace Process
In office
1 October 2015 – 19 February 2019
PresidentJean-Claude Juncker
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Tánaiste
In office
9 March 2011 – 4 July 2014
TaoiseachEnda Kenny
Preceded byMary Coughlan
Succeeded byJoan Burton
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
In office
9 March 2011 – 11 July 2014
TaoiseachEnda Kenny
Preceded byBrian Cowen
(Foreign Affairs)
Mary Hanafin
(Trade)
Succeeded byCharles Flanagan
Leader of the Labour Party
In office
6 September 2007 – 4 July 2014
DeputyJoan Burton
Preceded byPat Rabbitte
Succeeded byJoan Burton
Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
In office
1 January 2012 – 18 December 2013
Secretary-GeneralLamberto Zannier
Preceded byAudronius Ažubalis
Succeeded byLeonid Kozhara
Minister of State
1994–1997Marine
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1989 – February 2016
ConstituencyDún Laoghaire
Personal details
Born (1955-04-24) 24 April 1955 (age 69)
Caltra, County Galway, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party
(1999–present)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
Carol Hanney
(m. 1981)
Children3
EducationGarbally College
Alma materUniversity College Galway
Websitegilmore.ie

Eamon Gilmore (born 24 April 1955) is a European Union diplomat and an Irish former Labour Party politician. He has served as European Union Special Representative for Human Rights since February 2019. He has also been the European Union Special Envoy for the Colombian Peace Process since 2015. He was Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2011 to 2014, Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2014, Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe from 2012 to 2013, Minister of State at the Department of the Marine from 1994 to 1997. He was a Teachta Dála for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 1989 to 2016.[1][2]

At the 2011 general election he led the Labour Party to its best electoral performance, with a record 37 Dáil seats. Labour entered into a coalition government with Fine Gael, with Gilmore being appointed Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

As Minister for Foreign Affairs, he led Ireland's seventh presidency of the European Council during the first half of 2013. Throughout 2012, he held the role of Chairperson-In-Office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).[3]

Born in County Galway, Gilmore graduated from University College Galway (UCG), becoming President of the Union of Students in Ireland. Later, he entered local politics and worked as a trade union organiser. As a Democratic Left TD, he helped to negotiate that party's merger with Labour. Gilmore was elected unopposed as Labour Party leader in 2007; he resigned from the post in July 2014 and was succeeded by Joan Burton.

  1. ^ "Eamon Gilmore set for Foreign Affairs". RTÉ News. 8 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Eamon Gilmore". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Address by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Eamon Gilmore, Vienna, 12 January 2012". www.osce.org. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

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