Fine Gael | |
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Leader | Leo Varadkar TD |
Deputy Leader | Simon Coveney TD |
Chairman | Richard Bruton TD |
Seanad Leader | Senator Regina Doherty |
President | Leo Varadkar |
Founders | W. T. Cosgrave, Eoin O'Duffy, Frank MacDermot |
Founded | 8 September 1933 |
Merger of |
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Headquarters | 51 Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2, D02 W924, Ireland |
Youth wing | Young Fine Gael |
LGBT+ wing | Fine Gael LGBT |
Membership (2020) | ![]() |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-right[8][9][10][11] |
European affiliation | European People's Party |
International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
European Parliament group | European People's Party group |
Colours | Blue |
Slogan | A future to Look Forward to |
Dáil Éireann | 35 / 160
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Seanad Éireann | 16 / 60
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European Parliament[nb 1] | 5 / 13
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Local government | 254 / 949
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Website | |
finegael |
Fine Gael (/ˌfiːnə ˈɡeɪl/ FEE-nə GAYL;[12] English: Family or Tribe of the Irish) is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in the Republic of Ireland.[2][3]
Fine Gael is currently part of the Government of Ireland and is and the second largest party in the Dáil Éireann.[13] The party has a membership of 35,000.[14] It is the senior partner governing with several independent politicians. It's party leader is Leo Varadkar, who served as Taoiseach from 2017 until 2020. Varadkar succeeded Enda Kenny as party leader on 2 June 2017 and as Taoiseach on 14 June; Kenny had been leader since 2002, and Taoiseach since 2011.[15]