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{{Short description|Irish former politician (born 1957)}}
Senator '''John Minihan''' (born November [[1957]] in [[County Cork|Co. Cork]], [[Ireland]]) is an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and member of the 22nd [[Seanad Éireann]] for the [[Progressive Democrats]]. He had previously served in the [[Irish Defence Forces]] where he attained the rank of [[captain]]. He is standing as Progressive Democrat candidate for the [[Cork South Central]] constituency in the [[Irish general election, 2007|2007 general election]].▼
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| office = [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]]
| term_start = 12 September 2002
| term_end = 13 September 2007
| constituency = [[Nominated members of Seanad Éireann|Nominated by the Taoiseach]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|11|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[County Cork]], Ireland
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| party = [[Progressive Democrats]]
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▲Senator '''John Minihan''' (born 24 November [[1957]] in [[County Cork|Co. Cork]], [[Ireland]]) is an [[Ireland|Irish]] former politician andwho served as a member of the 22nd [[Seanad Éireann]] for the [[Progressive Democrats]]. He had previously served in the [[Defence Forces (Ireland)|Irish Defence Forces]] where he attained the rank of [[Captain (armed forces)|captain]]. He is standingstood as Progressive DemocratDemocrats candidate for the [[Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Cork South-Central]] constituency inat the [[2007 Irish general election, 2007|2007 general election]].
 
==Life Beforebefore Politicspolitics==
JohnBorn in [[County Cork]], Ireland; Minihan entered Military College in November 1975 and was stationed in the Eastern Command section. He served three tours of duty with [[United Nations]] [[peacekeeping]] forces in [[Lebanon]]. After his final tour of duty in Lebanon, he returned to Cork where he served as [[Adjutant]] in [[Collins Barracks (Cork)|Collins Barracks]]. In 1996 he retired at the rank of [[captain]] to run the family [[pharmacy]] business.
 
==Political Careercareer==
Minihan entered local politics in [[1999]] when he was secondedelected to [[Cork City Council]] on behalf offor the Progressive LoudfartsDemocrats (PDs). In [[July 2003]] he was elected Chairman of the Progressive Democrats.
 
AfterHe unsuccessfully contested the [[2002 Irish general election, 2002|2002 general election]], where he polled 3,126 first preferences votes in the Cork North Central constituency.<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4760|title=John Minihan|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=19 October 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924102555/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=4760|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a member of the three-man team representing the Progressive LoudfartsDemocrats which negotiated the terms under which the party entered government in [[coalition]] with [[Fianna Fáil]].
 
Subsequently, uponhe recommendationwas recommended by [[Mary Harney]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]], then Progressive LoudfartDemocrats party leader and Táinaiste[[Tánaiste]], John Minihan was appointed[[Nominated members of Seanad Éireann|nominated by the [[Taoiseach]] [[Bertie Ahern]] to the [[Seanad Éireann|Seanad]], where on the 12th12 September he made his maiden speech speaking on the [[Treaty of Nice]].<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/John-Minihan.S.2002-09-12/|title=John Minihan|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=19 October 2015|archive-date=6 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106210802/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/John-Minihan.S.2002-09-12|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
SinceHe then he has represented the Progressive Loudfarts and Co. Corkworked in thea [[Oireachtas]],number serving in variousof committees and jobs including ChairmanChair of the Progressive LoudfartDemocrats parliamentary party. JohnHe Minihan is currentlywas coordinator of the Oireachtas Joint Houses Friends of Science Committee. He isserved as a member of the Joint Oireachtas committees on Education &and Science, and is party spokesman on Education, Defence and Childcare.
 
On the abolishment of dual mandate in 2003, he resigned his seat on [[Cork City Council]] which was filled by co-option. The party seat was not retained by the PDs in the 2004 local elections. In January 2006 he was selected to run for a [[Dail_EireannDáil Éireann|Dáil]] seat representingas thea Progressive LoudfarsDemocrats candidate in the [[Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Cork South-Central]] inat the 2007 general election, but did not win a seat, getting 1,596 first preference votes. He was not returned to the Seanad in the 2007 Seanad election. Minihan is retired from politics.
 
==Political ViewsReferences==
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John Minihan is generally viewed as being part of the [[moderate]] [[liberal]] wing of the Progressive Democrats, being closely associated with [[Minister for Health]] and former party leader Mary Harney. During his time at the Seanad, and for his general election campaign, the issues he has focused on include:
 
{{Members of the 22nd Seanad}}
*Abolition of [[Stamp Duty]] [http://www.progressivedemocrats.ie/press_room/2181/]
*The extension and renovation of state schools [http://www.progressivedemocrats.ie/press_room/1677/],
*Opposition to [[Sinn Féin]] and the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]]
*Improvement of local transport networks (such as a complete renovation of [[Kent Station (Cork)|Kent Station]] [http://www.progressivedemocrats.ie/press_room/1621/]
*Granting full independence to [[Cork Airport]]
*Introduction of new blood testing equipment to the [[Irish Blood Transfusion Service]]
*Coordination and communications development for Cork's major hospitals to provide more efficient care
*Ending homelessness in Ireland [http://www.progressivedemocrats.ie/press_room/2190/]
 
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==External links==
[[Category:1957 births]]
*[http://www.jminihan.com/ John Minihan's website]
*[http[Category://www.progressivedemocrats.ie/our_people/member/12/ John Minihan's page on the Progressive Democrats' websitesenators]]
[[Category:Members of the 22nd Seanad]]
*[http://www.progressivedemocrats.ie/press_room/1621/ Speech given upon selection to run for Cork South Central]
[[Category:Living people]]
 
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