# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brendan-howlin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:54:11.831Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brendan-howlin"
name: "Brendan Howlin"
slug: "brendan-howlin"
description: "Brendan Howlin is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party from 2016 to 2020, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform from 2011 to 2016, Leas-Cheann Comhairle from 2007 to 2011, deputy leader of the Labour Party from 1997 to 2002, Minister for the Environment from 1994 to 1997 and Minister for Health from 1993 to 1994. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency from 1987 to 2024. He also served as a Senator from 1983 to 1987, after being nominated by the Taoiseach."
tagline: "Irish Labour Party politician (b. 1956)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1956-05-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           9.215624
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "BrendanHowlin"
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    url:       "http://www.brendanhowlin.ie"
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    title: "بريندان هولين"
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    title: "Brendan Howlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brendan Howlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brendan Howlin"
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    title: "Brendan Howlin"
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    title: "Brendan Howlin"
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    title: "Brendan Howlin"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump