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Richard Bruton was born on 15 March, 1953 in Dublin, Ireland, is an Irish Fine Gael politician (born 1953). Discover Richard Bruton'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 71 years old?

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Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 15 March, 1953
Birthday 15 March
Birthplace Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Ireland

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1953

Richard Bruton (born 15 March 1953) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Bay North since 2016, and previously from 1982 to 2016 for the Dublin North-Central constituency.

Bruton was born in Dublin in 1953, but grew up in Dunboyne, County Meath.

He is a son of Joseph and Doris Bruton.

He was educated at Belvedere College, Clongowes Wood College, University College Dublin and Nuffield College, Oxford.

At Oxford, he graduated with a MPhil in Economics, his thesis being on the subject of Irish public debt.

He is a research economist by profession.

After university he worked at the Economic and Social Research Institute.

This was followed by two years in the tobacco company P. J. Carroll, before moving on to his final private sector job at CRH.

1979

Bruton was elected to Meath County Council in 1979 and was elected to Seanad Éireann in 1981, as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel.

1981

He was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 1981 to 1982.

1982

At the February 1982 general election, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael TD for the Dublin North-Central constituency.

1986

After an initial period on the backbenches, Bruton was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Energy, following the dismissal of Edward Collins in September 1986.

1987

In opposition after 1987, Bruton served in a number of front bench positions including, Energy, Natural Resources, Health, Enterprise and Employment and Director of Policy.

1990

He was also the campaign manager for his brother John Bruton's successful party leadership bid in 1990.

1992

Following the 1992 general election, Fianna Fáil and the Labour Party formed a coalition government, which collapsed in 1994.

Bruton then helped to negotiate the Rainbow Coalition between Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Democratic Left.

In that government, his brother John Bruton became Taoiseach.

Bruton was given the highest-ranking Fine Gael ministerial position, serving as Minister for Enterprise and Employment.

1994

He is the younger brother of John Bruton, who was Taoiseach from 1994 to 1997.

Bruton is married to Susan Meehan; they have four children, two sons and two daughters.

1997

A return to opposition in 1997 saw Bruton become Opposition Spokesperson on Education and Science, a position he held until he was appointed Director of Policy and Press Director in a reshuffle in 2000.

1999

He was elected to Dublin City Council in 1999, representing the Artane local electoral area.

2002

After losing the 2002 party leadership election to Enda Kenny, Bruton was retained on the front bench and promoted to Deputy leader as well as Spokesperson on Finance.

Fine Gael had a disastrous election result at the 2002 general election; Bruton was one of the few frontbench Fine Gael TDs to retain his seat.

The party lost 23 of its 54 TDs; party leader Michael Noonan soon resigned following the poll.

Bruton stood as a candidate in the subsequent leadership election.

Bruton was appointed Finance spokesperson in 2002.

In that role he was a consistent critic of government economic policy.

In particular, he warned about the government’s overreliance on the property sector, and said that the government was ignoring the erosion of competitiveness and the loss of export market share as a growing construction sector temporarily insulated the economy from their effects.

2003

He relinquished this seat when dual mandates were banned in 2003.

In 2003, on behalf of Fine Gael, he proposed a motion that the payment of the remaining phases of benchmarking be suspended pending implementation of a serious reform package so that the €1.3 Billion cost of benchmarking would be matched by commensurate improvements in public services.

2006

In 2006, he told the Dáil that the government had "doubled its dependence on the construction sector to support its revenue. A total of 25% of every tax euro spent by the government comes from the construction sector. We are not in a strong position; we are, in fact, in a vulnerable position".

Bruton raised concerns about the payment of benchmarking awards.

2010

After an unsuccessful leadership challenge in 2010, he was demoted to Spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Innovation.

He was defeated by Enda Kenny, but he was appointed Deputy leader of Fine Gael and Spokesperson for Finance, posts he maintained until 2010.

On 14 June 2010, Bruton was sacked as Deputy leader and Spokesperson on Finance, by his leader Enda Kenny, after he informed his colleagues that he would be proposing a leadership challenge against Kenny.

Kenny explained that he and Bruton had had a series of discussions in which Bruton said he had lost confidence in him.

Kenny later told the media that "Richard's decision leaves me with no option but to relieve him of all his responsibilities".

2018

He previously served as Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment from 2018 to 2020, Minister for Education and Skills from 2016 to 2018, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation from 2011 to 2016, Deputy leader of Fine Gael from 2002 to 2010, Minister for Enterprise and Employment from 1994 to 1997 and Minister of State for Energy Affairs from 1986 to 1987.

2020

He was the Chairman of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party from July 2020 to September 2023.