1. Charles McConalogue was born on 29 October 1977 and is an Irish Fianna Fail politician who has been a Teachta Dala for the Donegal constituency since the 2016 general election, and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Donegal North-East constituency.
Charlie McConalogue served as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine from September 2020 to January 2025 and Minister of State for Law Reform from July 2020 to September 2020.
Charlie McConalogue has a degree in economics, politics and history from University College Dublin, which he completed after a year as Education Officer in the UCD Students' Union.
Charlie McConalogue was raised near Gleneely, a village in the north of Inishowen, and was in Australia before returning to the farm.
Charlie McConalogue was elected to Donegal County Council at the 2009 local elections to represent the Inishowen local electoral area.
Charlie McConalogue was the Fianna Fail spokesperson on Children from April 2011 to July 2012.
Charlie McConalogue topped the poll and was elected on the first count.
Charlie McConalogue represented Fianna Fail in talks on government formation in 2016.
On 1 July 2020, Charlie McConalogue was appointed as a Minister of State at the Department of Justice with responsibility for law reform.
Charlie McConalogue displayed no symptoms and isolated in his native Donegal.
Charlie McConalogue had been due to travel to Canada for St Patrick's Day in March 2022.
At the 2024 general election, Charlie McConalogue was re-elected to the Dail.
Charlie McConalogue was not re-appointed as a senior cabinet minister in January 2025.