1. Eoghan Murphy was born on 23 April 1982 and is an Irish former Fine Gael politician, who served as a Teachta Dala from 2011 to 2021, representing the Dublin Bay South constituency.
17 Facts About Eoghan Murphy
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Eoghan Murphy served as Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government from 2017 to 2020 and as Minister of State for Financial Services from 2016 to 2017.
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Eoghan Murphy went on to study at University College Dublin, and King's College London.
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Eoghan Murphy's father Henry is a retired senior counsel and author.
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Eoghan Murphy has worked for the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research in Geneva, Switzerland, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Dublin, and before his election to Dublin City Council, he was working as a speechwriter for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in Vienna, Austria.
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At the 2016 general election, Eoghan Murphy topped the poll in the redrawn constituency of Dublin Bay South, winning the second seat.
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When Enda Kenny announced his resignation as President of Fine Gael and Taoiseach in early 2017, Leo Varadkar appointed Eoghan Murphy to run his parliamentary party campaign.
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Eoghan Murphy was instrumental in orchestrating Varadkar's successful election as President of Fine Gael and subsequently as Taoiseach.
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On 25 September 2018, Eoghan Murphy survived a motion of no confidence which had been tabled by Sinn Fein.
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Eoghan Murphy resigned his seat in the Dail in April 2021.
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On 27 April 2021, Eoghan Murphy resigned his seat in Dail Eireann, and announced that he would return to working in international affairs.
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In May 2021, Eoghan Murphy was appointed as Head of Mission to the election observation mission to the early parliamentary elections in Armenia.
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In September 2021, Eoghan Murphy was appointed as Head of Mission to the election observation mission to the presidential election in Uzbekistan.
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Eoghan Murphy returned to Armenia and Uzbekistan in 2022 to follow up on recommendations his team had made to further enhance the conduct of elections in both countries and to support efforts to bring them fully in line with OSCE commitments and other international obligations and standards for democratic elections.
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In recent years, Eoghan Murphy has led election observation activities on behalf of the OSCE's ODIHR in Italy, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan.
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Eoghan Murphy stated that he was inspired to become involved in politics after learning that the Progressive Democrats were able to achieve an influence in Irish politics far greater than their number of elected representatives would have suggested.
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Eoghan Murphy stated that Nick Clegg and the British Liberal Democrats were another source of inspiration early in his career.