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Line 1: {{Short description\|Irish former politician (born 1957)}} {{Use Hiberno-English\|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder \| nationality = [[~~Republic~~Irish ~~of Ireland~~people\|Irish]]▼ ~~\| name = John Minihan~~ ▲\| nationality = [[Republic of Ireland\|Irish]] \| image = \| office = [[Seanad ~~Eireann~~Éireann\|Senator]] \| term_start = 12 September 2002 \| term_end = 313 ~~August~~September 2007 \| constituency = [[~~Senator~~Nominated ~~nominated~~members byof ~~the~~Seanad ~~Taoiseach~~Éireann\|Nominated by the Taoiseach]] \| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1957\|11\|24\|df=y}} \| birth_place = [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]] \| death_date = \| death_place = Line 14 ⟶ 16: \| spouse = \| children = ~~\| website =~~ ~~\| footnotes =~~ }} '''John Minihan''' (born 24 November 1957 ~~in [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]]~~) is aan Irish former ~~[[Ireland\|Irish]]~~ politician who served as a member of [[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 (~~land~~armed forces)\|captain]]. He stood as Progressive ~~Democrat~~Democrats candidate for the [[Cork South -Central (Dáil ~~Éireann~~ constituency)\|Cork South -Central]] constituency at the [[2007 Irish general election~~, 2007~~\|2007 general election]].▼ ▲'''John Minihan''' (born 24 November 1957 in [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]]) is a former [[Ireland\|Irish]] politician who served as a member of [[Seanad Éireann]] for the [[Progressive Democrats]]. He had previously served in the [[Irish Defence Forces]] where he attained the rank of [[Captain (land)\|captain]]. He stood as Progressive Democrat candidate for the [[Cork South Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)\|Cork South Central]] constituency at the [[Irish general election, 2007\|2007 general election]]. ==Life before politics== Born 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 (land)\|~~captain]] to run the family [[pharmacy]] business. == Political career == Minihan entered local politics in 1999 when he was elected to [[Cork City Council]] for the Progressive Democrats (PDs). In July 2003 he was elected Chairman of the Progressive Democrats. ~~After~~He unsuccessfully contested the [[2002 Irish general election~~, 2002~~\|2002 general election]], ~~in which~~where he ~~received~~polled 3,126 first preferences, hevotes 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 Democrats which negotiated the terms under which the party entered government in [[coalition]] with [[Fianna Fáil]]. Subsequently, ~~upon~~he was ~~recommendation~~recommended by [[Mary Harney]], ~~then~~ Progressive ~~Democrat~~Democrats party leader and [[Tánaiste]], Minihan was ~~appointed~~[[Nominated members of Seanad Éireann\|nominated by the [[Taoiseach]] [[Bertie Ahern]] to the [[Seanad Éireann\|Seanad]], where on the 12 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> He ~~represented the Progressive Democrats and County Cork~~worked in ~~the~~a ~~[[Oireachtas]],~~number ~~serving in various~~of committees and jobs including ~~Chairman~~Chair of the Progressive ~~Democrat~~Democrats parliamentary party. He was coordinator of the Oireachtas Joint Houses Friends of Science Committee. He served as a member of the Joint Oireachtas committees on Education and Science, and 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 [[Dáil Éireann\|Dáil]] seat ~~representing~~as ~~the~~a Progressive Democrats candidate in the [[Cork South -Central (Dáil ~~Éireann~~ constituency)\|Cork South -Central]] at 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. == References == {{~~reflist~~Reflist}} ~~==External links==~~ *{{Oireachtas-database \|1=http://oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=22&MemberID=1996&ConstID=210}} {{Members of the 22nd Seanad}} ~~{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->~~ ~~\| NAME =Minihan, John~~ ~~\| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =~~ ~~\| SHORT DESCRIPTION =~~ ~~\| DATE OF BIRTH =24 November 1957~~ ~~\| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[County Cork]], [[Ireland]]~~ ~~\| DATE OF DEATH =~~ ~~\| PLACE OF DEATH =~~ }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Minihan, John}} [[Category:~~Progressive~~1957 ~~Democrats politicians~~births]] [[Category:Progressive Democrats senators]] [[Category:Members of the 22nd Seanad]] ~~[[Category:1957 births]]~~ [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:~~Local~~Members ~~councillors~~of inCork ~~County~~City ~~Cork~~Council]] [[Category:Nominated members of Seanad Éireann]] [[Category:Progressive Democrats local councillors]] [[Category:Progressive Democrats candidates in Dáil elections]]