Denis Naughten

Denis Naughten (born 23 April 1973 in Drum, County Roscommon ) is an Irish politician and since 1997 a deputy in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish Parliament.

Naughten attended the University College Dublin and later the University College Cork. In 1997 he was elected as a Fine Gael politician in a by-election in the Seanad Éireann. He occupied the vacant become this through his death the seat of his father Liam Naughten. This was Denis Naughten of the hitherto youngest senator in Irish history. After the end of term of the Seanad Éireann he moved to the Dáil Éireann. 2002 and 2007 Naughten was re-elected to the Dáil Éireann. Between January 1997 and October 2003, he was a member of Roscommon County Council. He was replaced after his retirement in 2003 by his brother John.

Naughten is married and has two children.

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