Ciarán Cannon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Irish politician
Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1965
Place of Birth: Galway, Connacht, Ireland
Profession: politician
Nationality: Ireland
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
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About Ciarán Cannon
- Ciarán Cannon (born 19 September 1965) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development since June 2017.
- He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency since 2011.
- He previously served as Minister of State for Training and Skills from 2011 to 2014.
- He was a Senator from 2007 to 2011, on being Nominated by the Taoiseach.Before entering politics, he was CEO (2002–06) and secretary (2000–02) of IHCPT – The Irish Pilgrimage Trust.
- In 2002, he was honoured as one of the Galway People of the Year.
- As a member of the Progressive Democrats, Cannon was elected to Galway County Council in 2004, to represent the Loughrea electoral area, with 1,307 first preferences.
- He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2007 general election in Galway East.
- He was nominated by the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to the 23rd Seanad in 2007. Cannon was elected as Leader of the Progressive Democrats in April 2008.
- He was the first leader of the party to sit as a Senator while serving as leader.
- At his first press conference as party leader, he stated that he believed "there was passion, commitment, talent and knowledge within the PDs' ranks to stage a big comeback".However, after speculation increased that Noel Grealish, one of the two Progressive Democrat TDs, intended to leave the party, Cannon announced in September 2008 that a party conference would be held on 8 November 2008, at which he would recommend that the party disband.
- The delegates present at the conference voted by 201–161 to agree with this recommendation.On 24 March 2009, Cannon announced his decision to resign the leadership of the PDs; he joined Fine Gael the same day.
- On 10 March 2011, he was appointed as Minister of State for Training and Skills.
- He was dropped from the government in a reshuffle in July 2014.
- He was appointed as Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development in June 2017.He called for a "No" vote in the 2018 referendum on abortion on the Eighth Amendment.In 2019, in recognition of his work in education, Cannon was appointed as a UNICEF global champion for education.
- He is one of seven Generation Unlimited Champions who will advocate worldwide for the development of UNICEF’s ‘Gen U’ programme.
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