Gay Mitchell

Gay Mitchell (Irish Gabriel de Mhistéal, born December 30, 1951 in Inchicore, Dublin ) is an Irish politician and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Dublin Fine Gael, as a member of the Group of the European People's Party and European Democrats.

Mitchell studied political science at Queen 's University in Belfast. 1979 Mitchell managed the collection in the City Council of Dublin (Dublin City Council). This he belonged for 20 years to ( 1979-1995 and 1999-2003). During this period, Mitchell had 1992/1993 for one year held the office of Lord Mayor of Dublin, an office which has been clothed by his brother Jim Mitchell 16 years ago.

1981 Mitchell was elected to the 22th Dáil Éireann, and was until 2007 Teachta Dala. In the 27th Dáil Éireann Mitchell was dated 20 December 1994 to 26 June 1997 Minister of State of the Taoiseach with responsibility for community development and for the International Centre for Financial Services (Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (with special responsibility for IFSC and Local Government Initiatives ) ), as well as Minister of State for European Affairs. In 2004 he was elected to the European Parliament. In the elections to the 30th Dáil Éireann Mitchell did not occur to.