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Encyclopedia > Minister of State (with special responsibility for Overseas Development and Human Rights)

The Minister of State, who has special responsibility for Overseas Development and Human Rights, is officially styled Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (with special responsibility for Overseas Development and Human Rights), and is a junior ministerial post in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs. The Minister works together with the senior Minister in this department and has special responsibility for all human rights and overseas aid affairs. The Minister of State does not hold cabinet rank. Image File history File links COA_of_Ireland. ... A Minister of State, in the Republic of Ireland, is a junior minister of non-cabinet rank, attached to one or more Departments of State of the cabinet. ... The Department of Foreign Affairs (An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha) is the government department of the Irish government that is responsible for promoting the interests of Ireland in the European Union and the wider world. ... The Government (Irish: ) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in the Republic of Ireland. ...


The current incumbent is Conor Lenihan, TD, who took up the post in 2004. Conor Lenihan (b. ... A Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas or National Parliament. ...


Minister of State for Overseas Development and Human Rights 1993–present

# Name Entered Office Left Office Party
1. Tom Kitt January 14, 1993 December 15, 1994 Fianna Fáil
2. Joan Burton December 20, 1994 June 26, 1997 Labour Party
3. Liz O'Donnell July 8, 1997 June 6, 2002 Progressive Democrats
4. Tom Kitt June 19, 2002 September 29, 2004 Fianna Fáil
5. Conor Lenihan September 29, 2004 Incumbent Fianna Fáil


 

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