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John Perry was born on 15 August, 1956 in Ballymote, County Sligo, Ireland, is an Irish former Fine Gael politician (b. 1956). Discover John Perry's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?
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Ballymote, County Sligo, Ireland |
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Ireland
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John Perry Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is John Perry's Wife?
His wife is Marie Perry
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Marie Perry |
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John Perry Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is John Perry worth at the age of 67 years old? John Perry’s income source is mostly from being a successful former. He is from Ireland. We have estimated John Perry's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
John Perry (born 15 August 1956) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Minister of State from 2011 to 2014.
He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1997 to 2016.
Perry was born in Ballymote, County Sligo.
He was educated at Ballymote National School and Corran College, Ballymote.
Perry was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1997 general election for the constituency and retained his seat until his defeat in 2016.
In 1997, he became Fine Gael Spokesperson on Science, Technology, Small Business and Enterprise, and the Border Counties.
He was a member of Sligo County Council from 1999 to 2003, representing the Sligo–Strandhill electoral area.
In June 2000, he was appointed assistant director of Organisation and Deputy Spokesperson with special responsibility for Border Issues.
He held this post until February 2001.
Between September 2002 and October 2004, he was vice-chairman of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications and Natural Resources.
He has also served as Chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee.
In October 2004, he was appointed to the position as party spokesperson for the Marine, in Enda Kenny's Front Bench.
He was demoted from the Front Bench after a reshuffle following the 2007 general election.
In July 2010, he was appointed as Spokesman on Small Business.
On 10 March 2011, he was appointed by the Fine Gael–Labour government as Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation with special responsibility for Small Business.
In July 2012, he was the subject of some controversy over his claims for mileage expenses for official duties including a claim for 4,417 km of mileage in a month during which he only had two official appointments and another monthly mileage claim which averaged 344 km per day for every day he was in Ireland.
In that latter month he was abroad for 9 days.
On 22 July 2013, Perry and his wife consented to a judgment of €2.47m against them at the Commercial Court over unpaid loans to Danske Bank.
In September 2013, Perry confirmed that he had reached an agreement with Danske Bank, in relation to his outstanding loans.
In March 2013, it was reported that Perry hired his wife, Marie, as a parliamentary assistant, contrary to government statements on appointments.
He was dropped as a Minister of State in a reshuffle in July 2014.
He was reappointed to the Public Accounts Committee in December 2014.
In October 2015, Perry was not selected as Fine Gael candidate for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency at the 2016 general election.
In December 2015, he took a High Court action against Fine Gael challenging the results of the selection convention.
On 22 December, the Fine Gael National Executive announced it was adding Perry to the Sligo–Leitrim election ticket.
He lost his seat at the 2016 general election.
He ran as an independent candidate for Sligo–Leitrim at the 2020 general election.
He was eliminated on the seventh count.