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Election 2020

Election 2020
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Back to Donegal Candidates
A candidate for Fine Gael. View party
ELECTED
Joe McHugh
Party
Fine Gael
Constituency
Donegal
Occupation
Minister for Education and Skills
Age
48
Biography

McHugh was first elected to the Dáil in 2007. He has been re-elected in every election since. He was elected to the Seanad in 2002 on the administrative panel. He is the current Minister for Education and Skills and previously served as the government Chief Whip. He was Minister of State for Gaeilge, Gaeltacht and the Islands until 2018. Prior to his career in politics, he was a secondary school teacher. He was first elected to Donegal County Council in 1999.

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