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Eamon Gilmore (born 24 April 1955) is an Irish Labour Party politician. In the Government of Ireland, he held the offices of Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from March 2011 until July 2014. He was the Leader of the Labour Party from September 2007 to July 2014. He has represented the constituency of Dún Laoghaire in Dáil Éireann since 1989, firstly as a member of the Workers' Party of Ireland, later as a member of Democratic Left, then as a member of the Labour Party. He served as a Minister of State at the Department of the Marine from 1994 until 1997 during the 24th Government of Ireland.At the 2011 general election, he led the Labour Party to its best electoral performance with a record 37 Dáil seats. The party entered government in coalition with the Fine Gael party, with Gilmore being appointed Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.As Minister for Foreign Affairs, he led Ireland's seventh Presidency of the European Council during the first half of 2013 and took on the role of chief negotiator for the Council in talks with the European Parliament on a €960 billion EU budget for the period 2014–2020. Throughout 2012, he held the role of Chairperson-In-Office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).Born in County Galway, Gilmore graduated from University College Galway, becoming President of the Union of Students in Ireland. Later, he entered local politics as a trade union organizer. As a Democratic Left TD, he helped to negotiate that party's merger with Labour. He was beaten by his colleague, Pat Rabbitte, in Labour's 2002 leadership election, and was appointed, instead, as the party's Environment, Housing and Local Government spokesperson. He was elected unopposed as Labour Party leader in 2007.

Personal facts

Birth date	April 24, 1955
Birth place	County Galway , Caltra
Education	National University of Ireland Galway

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