Leo Varadkar beat what Irish Fine Gael politician on June 2, 2017, 60% to 40%?
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Fine Gael leadership election, 2017 The 2017 Fine Gael leadership election was triggered in May 2017, when Enda Kenny resigned as party leader. Voting began by members of Fine Gael and Young Fine Gael on 29 May 2017. On 2 June Leo Varadkar was announced as the victor, beating rival Simon Coveney 60% to 40%. With Fine Gael being the governing party at the time, this election effectively appointed a new Taoiseach for Ireland.
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Simon Coveney Simon Anthony Coveney (born 16 June 1972) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Deputy Leader of Fine Gael since June 2017. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) since 1998, currently for the Cork South-Central constituency. He previously served as Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government from 2016 to 2017, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine from 2011 to 2016 and Minister for Defence from 2014 to 2016. He served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency from 2004 to 2007.
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Tipperary (Dáil Éireann constituency) Tipperary is a parliamentary constituency that has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election. The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV). Another constituency of the same name existed between 1923 and 1948.
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James Victory James Victory (1880 – 5 August 1946) was an Irish politician. A farmer, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency at the June 1927 general election. He lost his seat at the September 1927 general election and was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1932 general election. He regained his seat at the 1933 general election and was re-elected for the Athlone–Longford constituency at the 1937 and 1938 general elections. He lost his seat once more at the 1943 general election.
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John O'Mahony (Mayo politician) John Gerard O'Mahony (born 8 June 1953) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and former football manager who has served as a Senator since April 2016, upon being Nominated by the Taoiseach. He is served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo constituency from 2007 to 2016.
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Peter Lynch (politician) Peter Timothy Lynch (died 9 May 1967) was an Irish politician. He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1938 to 1961. A farmer and auctioneer, he was first elected to the Seanad in 1938 by the Labour Panel. He was elected by the Agricultural Panel in 1943, and again by the Labour Panel in 1944. From 1948 onwards he was elected by the Industrial and Commercial Panel. He did not contest the 1961 Seanad election.
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Eric Byrne Eric Byrne (born 21 April 1947) is an Irish Labour Party politician and a former Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-Central constituency. He was formerly a member of Official Sinn Féin, the Workers' Party and Democratic Left.
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Catherine Seeley Catherine Seeley (born 26 November 1987) is a Sinn Féin politician from Northern Ireland. She was an MLA for Upper Bann from the 2016 election until 2017.
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Regina Doherty Regina Doherty (born 26 January 1971) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection since June 2017. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) since 2011, currently for the Meath East constituency. She previously served as Government Chief Whip from 2016 to 2017.
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2017 President of Ireland's Cup The 2017 President's Cup was the fourth President's Cup contested for. The match was played between 2016 League of Ireland Premier Division champions Dundalk and 2016 FAI Cup winners Cork City on 17 February 2017, at Turners Cross. Cork City won the game 3-0, with goals from Seán Maguire, Kevin O'Connor and Karl Sheppard, making Cork City the first team to retain the trophy. This was the second successive match between the sides, and Dundalk's third successive appearance in the competition.
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Paul Coghlan Paul Coghlan (born 1 June 1944) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann since June 2016 and a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel since September 1997.
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Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016 A Legislative Assembly election was held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats (except Thanjavur and Aravakurichi) of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. AIADMK under J. Jayalalithaa won the elections and became the first ruling party to be re-elected in Tamil Nadu since 1984, though with a reduced majority. DMK won half of the seats it contested but its allies performed poorly; notably, the Indian National Congress won 16% of the seats they contested and the alliance lost due to its poor performance. The votes were counted on 19 May 2016. In the previous election in 2011, AIADMK, under the leadership of Jayalalithaa, won a simple majority and formed the government, while DMDK chief Vijayakanth served as the Leader of Opposition until January 2016.
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Ram Nath Kovind Ram Nath Kovind (born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician who is the President of India, in office since 2017. Previously he served as Governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017 and was a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2006. He was a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Kovind was nominated as a presidential candidate by the ruling NDA coalition and won the 2017 presidential election, becoming the second Dalit to be elected to the post of President. He assumed office on 25 July 2017.
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Brian Hayes (politician) Brian John Hayes (born 23 August 1969) is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland. He is a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party. He previously served as Minister of State at the Department of Finance from 2011 to 2014. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency from 1997 to 2002 and 2007 to 2014. He was a Senator from 1995 to 1997, upon being Nominated by the Taoiseach and from 2002 to 2007 for the Cultural and Educational Panel.
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Irish general election, 1989 The Irish general election of 1989 was held on Thursday 15 June 1989, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on 25 May. The newly elected 166 members of the 26th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 29 June. However, a new Taoiseach and a Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats government were not appointed until 12 July.
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Gerard Killen Gerard "Ged" Killen (born 15 May 1986) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. Since the 2017 snap general election on 8 June; he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutherglen and Hamilton West after achieving a vote swing of just under 9% from the previous incumbent and their party.
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Victor Carton Victor Patrick Carton (6 January 1902 – 11 April 1970) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1954 to 1969. He was first elected to the 8th Seanad in 1954 by the Labour Panel, and was re-elected at the 1957, 1961 and 1965 elections. He did not contest the 1969 Seanad election.
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Cathaoirleach Cathaoirleach ( ; Irish for "chairperson"; plural: "Cathaoirligh") is the title of the chair (or presiding officer) of Seanad Éireann, the sixty-member upper house of the Oireachtas, the legislature of Ireland. The current Cathaoirleach, who has held the office since 8 June 2016, is Fianna Fáil Senator Denis O'Donovan.
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Andrew Boylan (politician) Andrew Boylan (born January 1939) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. Boylan was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency at the 1987 general election, and retained his seat until losing it at the 2002 general election. He was a member of Cavan County Council and Cavan Town Council between 1991 and 2014.
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Patrick O'Donovan Patrick O'Donovan (born 21 March 1977) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State for Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment since June 2017. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) since 2011, currently for the Limerick County constituency. He previously served as Minister of State for Tourism and Sport from 2016 to 2017.
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Cáit Keane Cáit Keane (born 24 September 1949) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and member of Seanad Éireann.
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Fidelma Healy Eames Fidelma Healy Eames (born 14 July 1962) is an Irish politician and former member of Seanad Éireann. She was first elected to the Senate in 2007 by the Labour Panel. As a member of the Reform Alliance group, she sat as an independent senator, having lost the Fine Gael parliamentary party whip in July 2013.