Gerard Craughwell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gerard Craughwell
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Nov 22, 1953(1953-11-22)
Age	71
Birthplace	Galway
Country	Ireland
Birth City	County Galway
Horoscope	Scorpio

Gerard Craughwell Biography

Gerard Craughwell is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on November 22, 1953 in Galway, County Galway, Ireland. Gerard Patrick Craughwell (born 22 November 1953) is an Irish Independent politician who has been a Senator from 2014 on the Cultural and Educational Panel (2014-16) as well as for the Labour Panel (2016 to present).

Craughwell proposed on August 14, 2014, as an independent. This was initially as a gesture of symbolic significance for protesting against the normal method of government using its majority in parliament to ensure the nomination of its preferred candidate. Craughwell got nominations from the technical group as well as Fianna Fail.

Craughwell left the Independent Alliance during the government formation talks in 2016.

Craughwell ran in the Seanad election in April 2016 and was elected this time for the Labour Panel.

On September 12, 2014, Minister of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys wrote to John McNulty, a businessman who had unsuccessfully run to run for Donegal County Council in the local elections in 2014, offering him a seat as a member of the Board of directors of the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) and he agreed on September 15 and shortly before the nominations deadline on the 18th of September Fine Gael nominated him for the by-election in order to fill the Seanad vacant. Opposition politicians claimed the McNulty’s IMMA appointment was unjust and was only to boost his standing on an appointment to the Cultural and Educational Panel; Humphreys acknowledged the guilt of the appointment but refused to declare whether anyone else had pressured to accept the appointment. McNulty was removed from IMMA’s board on IMMA board on the 25th of September and stated that its rules prohibit board members from standing for office. On the 23rd of February, 2016, during a live debate prior to the general elections, Enda Kenny was seen to admit at first that it was not his choice to nominate McNulty to IMMA but then reversing his decision.

Gerard Craughwell Net Worth

Gerard Craughwell is one of the richest Politician from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gerard Craughwell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Craughwell was born in Galway and was raised in Salthill. When he reached the age of 16 Craughwell emigrated to United Kingdom, settling in London and working in a bar prior to becoming a member of the Royal Irish Rangers. After five years, he went back home to Ireland to join his fellow soldiers in the Irish Army, serving in the first infantry battalion , as well as the fifth medical company in Renmore Barracks in Galway and becoming a sergeant. The army was disbanded in 1980 and assumed the gas appliance repair business until its demise in 1983. He was 35 when he enrolled in further education and was enrolled at Limerick Senior College, gaining an economics degree, which was recognized from the London School of Economics. Then he taught in Dun Laoghaire Senior College. He was elected to the national executive committee of the Teachers Union of Ireland in 2009 and served as president from 2012 and June 2014.

On the 30th of September, McNulty withdrew his name from consideration for consideration in the by-election, saying the reason for his withdrawal was that “to contest the election would be an ongoing distraction from the critical work of Government” However, after the deadline to withdraw was over and his name was still on the ballot paper , and the voter was asked to not vote for his name. A large majority of voters voted McNulty regardless of the outcome, however Craughwell was the winner on October 10, 2014.

Fine Gael senator Deirdre Clune resigned from the Cultural and Educational Panel in the Seanad after being elected to the European Parliament for the South constituency at the 2014 European Parliament election. The by-election to fill the casual vacancy as its electorate the 225 members of the Oireachtas; nomination by nine members was required to be added to the ballot.

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Gerard Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Gerard Craughwell celebrates birthday on November 22 of every year.