1. Michael Creed was born on 29 June 1963 and is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dala for the Cork North-West constituency from 2007 to 2024, and previously from 1989 to 2002.
14 Facts About Michael Creed
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Michael Creed served as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine from 2016 to 2020.
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Michael Creed is the son of the former TD and Minister of State, Donal Creed.
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Michael Creed went on to third level at University College Cork and the College of Commerce, Rathmines.
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Michael Creed's qualifications are a Bachelor of Arts, Higher Diploma of Education and a Diploma in Legal Studies.
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Michael Creed was elected Cork County Council in 1985 for the local electoral area of Bandon.
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Michael Creed was Chairman of Cork County Council from 2005 to 2006.
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Michael Creed was first elected to Dail Eireann at the 1989 general election and retained his seat at each election until losing it at the 2002 general election, to his Fine Gael running mate Gerard Murphy.
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Michael Creed was Chairman of the Dail Small Business and Services Committee from 1995 to 1997.
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Michael Creed was party Spokesperson on Education, Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht in 1994, Health 1989 to 1993, Youth and Sport 1993 to 1994.
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Michael Creed remained as a backbencher during the entire duration of the 31st Dail.
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Michael Creed was again elected to the Dail at the 2016 general election.
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Michael Creed was re-appointed when Leo Varadkar became Taoiseach in June 2017.
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Michael Creed stayed in office until the formation of a coalition government in 2020 of Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Green Party in June 2020, when he was not appointed to cabinet.