Bertie Ahern
b. 1951
11th Taoiseach of Ireland from 1997 to 2008
- Born
- 12 Sept 1951 · Drumcondra
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 12 Sept 1951BornBorn in Drumcondra
- 1977 – 1981RoleTeachta Dála
- 1981 – 1982RoleTeachta Dála
- 1982 – 1987RoleTeachta Dála
- 1987 – 1991RoleMinister for Labour
- 1987 – 1989RoleTeachta Dála
- 1989 – 1992RoleTeachta Dála
- 1991 – 1994RoleMinister for Finance (Ireland)
- 1991AwardGreat Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1992 – 1997RoleTeachta Dála
- 1993RoleMinister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- 1994 – 2008RoleLeader of Fianna Fáil
- 1994RoleTánaiste
- 1994 – 1997RoleLeader of the Opposition
- 1997 – 2008RoleTaoiseach
- 1997 – 2002RoleTeachta Dála
- 2002 – 2007RoleTeachta Dála
- 2003AwardThomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights
- 2004AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
- 2004RolePresident-in-Office of the European Council
- 2007 – 2011RoleTeachta Dála
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1951 – today).
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
Biography
Bartholomew Patrick "Bertie" Ahern (born 12 September 1951) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008, and as Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1994 to 2008. A Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 2011, he served as Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997. He was also Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1986 to 1987, Tánaiste from November to December 1994, and Minister for Finance from 1991 to 1994.
Fianna Fáil led three coalition governments under Ahern's leadership; he is the second-longest serving Taoiseach, after Éamon de Valera. He resigned as Taoiseach on 6 May 2008, in the wake of revelations made by the Mahon Tribunal over payments received from developers; he was succeeded by Brian Cowen. Fianna Fáil proposed to expel politicians censured by the tribunal, but Ahern resigned his membership prior to the expulsion motion. In 2016, Fianna Fáil announced that it had given Ahern the option of rejoining the party. He rejoined in February 2023.
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