Phil Hogan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Phil Hogan
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 4, 1960(1960-07-04)
Age	64
Birthplace	Kilkenny
Country	Ireland
Birth City	Kilkenny
Horoscope	Leo

Phil Hogan Biography

Phil Hogan is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 4, 1960 in Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland. Hogan was born in Kilkenny in 1960. He grew up on a farm in the south-east of Ireland. He was educated locally in St. Joseph’s College, Freshford, and in St. Kieran’s College, Kilkenny. Afterwards, he attended University College Cork, where he graduated with a degree in Economics and Geography. He also received a Higher Diploma in Education from the same university. After completing his university studies, he returned to Kilkenny to manage his family farm. During that time period, he also founded an insurance and real estate business in Urlingford, Kilkenny in the 1980s.

Hogan served as Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works between December 1994 and February 1995. However, he subsequently tendered his resignation when a staff member accidentally sent out budget details to a journalist before it was announced in the Dáil. At the time, opposition parties described Hogan as ‘the fall guy’ for the budget leaks. Hogan was quoted as saying that “he [had] no regrets about his decision to resign. My only concern in all of this is to ensure that the integrity of the government is maintained.” Following his resignation, Hogan returned to a backbench position in the government. Despite the controversy surrounding the incident, Hogan was promoted as Chairman of the Fine Gael parliamentary party at the age of 35, a position he held until

2001. As Chairman, Hogan had the opportunity to develop the organisational roots of Fine Gael and strengthened the network between councillors and sub- groups within the Fine Gael party.

On 24 August 2011, during the Oireachtas golf outing, ex-Taoiseach John Bruton’s former administrator, Anne O’Connell, alleged that Hogan made a lewd comment in her direction. She immediately complained in writing to the Taoiseach Enda Kenny. Hogan issued a letter of apology a few days later saying: “I unreservedly apologise for those remarks which were totally inappropriate in a personal sense. . . It was intended in a jocose and private basis and certainly not intended as insulting.”

As Minister, Hogan had responsibility for implementing a series of reforms as part of Ireland’s agreement with the European Troika. In July 2011, he outlined plans for a €100 annual “household charge” that would become operable from January 2012 for two years, ahead of the introduction in 2014 of a full property tax based on site valuations. 250,000 households, some 14%, would be exempt from paying the charge. Hogan accepted that the tax would cause hardship to some families but presented it as the minimum possible charge he could have applied, saying it would cost “a modest €2 per week”. This tax was the precursor to the Local property tax later introduced by Michael Noonan.

Hogan first became involved in politics at a young age, when he became a local County Councillor on Kilkenny County Council, at the age of 22. He would retain that seat in the 1985 Local Elections when he topped the poll in his area. Around the time of his 25th birthday, he was elected Chairman of Kilkenny County Council. He was then the country’s youngest council chairman. He would serve in this role on two separate occasions, first between 1985–1986 and then between 1989–1990. In addition to his local political activities, Hogan was also an active member of the South-Eastern Health Board between 1991 and 1999. From there, Hogan decided to contest the 1987 general election in an unsuccessful bid. Soon after, Hogan was subsequently elected to Seanad Éireann as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel, serving between 1987 and 1989.

Phil Hogan Net Worth

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

Phil Hogan (born 4 July 1960) is an Irish Fine Gael politician, European Commissioner for Trade since 2019, and previously European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development between 2014 and 2019.

Hogan also confirmed that a new State utility company, Irish Water, would be set up in the autumn to oversee the process of installing meters in all domestic dwellings. That would pave the way, he said, for domestic water charges in two years’ time based on household usage. The new charges would be the first form of property tax to be introduced, since the then Fianna Fáil government led by Jack Lynch abolished domestic rates in 1977.

In the run-up to the 2002 general election, Hogan was appointed Director of Organisation in Fine Gael. Upon the resignation of Michael Noonan as party leader of Fine Gael after the party’s poor results in that election, Hogan opted to contest the subsequent election for the new Fine Gael leader. While he conceded the contest to Enda Kenny, he was appointed as Opposition Spokesperson for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and became a key member of the Fine Gael parliamentary party as it started the rebuilding process. Hogan was again appointed as Director of Organisation for the 2007 general election. Soon after, he became the Opposition Spokesperson for Fine Gael on Environment, Heritage and Local government for the next 4 years.

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On 10 September 2014 Hogan was nominated by Jean-Claude Juncker to be the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development taking office on 1 November. As Commissioner, Hogan stipulated that his priorities would be to “ensuring that rural development spending is well integrated into jobs- and growth-generating investment strategies at national and regional level”.

Facts & Trivia

Phil Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Phil Hogan celebrates birthday on July 4 of every year.

In 2016, Hogan embarked on a “diplomatic offensive” to build trade relations with non-EU states throughout the world and build new markets for European producers. So far, this has involved trade missions abroad to Mexico and Colombia, with trips to Japan, China and Kazakhstan scheduled for later in the year. Trade delegations of EU agri-businesses have accompanied the Commissioner on these trips to build relationships with third country counterparts.

Is Phil Hogan married?

Personal life. Hogan is separated with one adult son.

How many EU commissioners does Ireland have?

Ireland has had a single European Commissioner since it joined in 1973.

Who is the current EU Commissioner nominated by Ireland?

Mairead McGuinness (born 13 June 1959) is an Irish politician serving as the European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union since October 2020.

What party is Phil Hogan?

Fine Gael

How much does Ireland owe the EU?

Around 85 per cent of this funding goes to the agricultural sector and, more broadly, towards rural development projects. Ireland’s payments to the EU budget in 2018 amounted to €2.5 billion , resulting in a net contribution of €0.7 billion. On a per capita basis, this is equivalent to €148 per person.