2008 Fianna Fáil leadership election
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The 2008 Fianna Fáil leadership election began on 2 April 2008, when party leader and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern announced his resignation. Brian Cowen, the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance was the clear favourite to succeed him.[1][2]
Contents
1 Candidates
1.1 Standing
1.2 Declined to stand
2 Outcome
3 References
Candidates[edit]
Standing[edit]
Brian Cowen – Tánaiste and Minister for Finance
Declined to stand[edit]
Dermot Ahern[3] – Minister for Foreign Affairs
Mary Hanafin – Minister for Education and Science
Micheál Martin – Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Brian Lenihan – Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Outcome[edit]
On 2 April Mary Hanafin declined to comment on whether she would be standing for the leadership and Brian Lenihan had ruled himself out of the race.[4] By 4 April all of the Fianna Fáil cabinet ministers had declared their support for the candidacy of Brian Cowen. No other candidate emerged, and Cowen was elected unopposed as the seventh leader of Fianna Fáil on 9 April 2008.[5]
References[edit]
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"Behind the smugness is a clueless Brian Cowen". Irish Independent. 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2008-04-02..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
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"Cowen feels 'positive about the soul of the country'". Irish Independent. 2006-07-17. Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
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"The other Dermot Ahern". The Sunday Business Post. 2006-01-29. Archived from the original on 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
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"No Hanafin comment on FF leadership". RTÉ News. 2008-04-02. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
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"FF elects Brian Cowen as leader". RTÉ News. 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
Categories:
- 2008 elections in Europe
- 2008 in Irish politics
- 2000s elections in Ireland
- Brian Cowen
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