Constituency:  

Dublin Central

Constituency Office:   

St. Luke's, 161 Lower Drumcondra Road, Dublin 9.

Business Address: 

Department of the Taoiseach, Government Buildings, Merrion Street, Dublin 2.

Date and Place of Birth:   

Dublin. 12th September, 1951. 

EDUCATION

·        St. Aidan's CBS, Whitehall, Dublin

·        Rathmines College of Commerce, Dublin

·        University College, Dublin

OCCUPATION 

Taoiseach (Prime Minister)   

Full time public representative. Formerly accountant.

Career in Government

Bertie Ahern, was re-elected Taoiseach on 6 June 2002, following a general election which saw his party Fianna Fáil returned to power in coalition with the Progressive Democrats. It was the first time an outgoing government was re-elected since 1969.

Bertie Ahern was also Taoiseach from June 1997 to June 2002.

He was Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) November-December 1994.

Minister for Finance November 1991-94.

Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht November-December 1994.

Minister for Industry and Commerce January 1993.

Minister for Labour 1987-91.

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and at the Department of Defence and Government Chief Whip March-December 1982.   

Assistant Government Whip 1980-81.

Political Career

Leader of the Fianna Fáil Party since 1994.

Fianna Fáil Front Bench spokesman on Labour 1984-87.

Opposition Chief Whip December 1982-84.

Fianna Fáil Front Bench spokesman on Youth 1981-82.

Member of Dublin City Council 1978-88 (Lord Mayor 1986/87).

First elected to the Dáil in 1977 for the constituency of Dublin-Finglas and has represented Dublin Central since 1981.