Martin Cullen

Martin Cullen (Irish Máirtín Ó Cuilinn, born November 2, 1954 in Waterford, County Waterford ) is a former Irish politician and former minister in several departments, the last of Arts, Sport and Tourism.

Cullen visited the Educated Waterpark College and Waterford Regional Technical College (now Waterford Institute of Technology). In 1987 he was first elected for the Progressive Democrats in the Dáil Éireann and belonged from 1989 to 1992 the Seanad Éireann on. Besides Cullen from 1991 to 1997 Member of the City Council of Waterford (Waterford City Council ) and held at this time the office of mayor from 1993 to 1994. Past his father and grandfather practiced also mayor of. In 1992, Cullen's re -election to the Dáil Éireann. At the same time he was Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance. In the first half of the 1990s, Cullen appeared due to his increasing dissatisfaction with the party leader Mary Harney from the party and joined the Fianna Fáil. 2002 State Minister Cullen as Minister of the Environment (Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government ) first cabinet member. In September 2004, his change was made to the post of Minister of Transport. After the 2007 elections Cullen moved to the post of Social and Family Minister, before he was in May 2008 in the Cabinet of the new Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism (Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism). On March 8, 2010 Cullen announced for health reasons in his resignation as minister and member of Parliament and resigned on 23 March in the course of a reshuffle of the government and the Parliament.

Cullen is divorced; he was the father of three sons and a daughter.