# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ciaran-cannon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:07:02.523Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ciaran-cannon"
name: "Ciarán Cannon"
slug: "ciaran-cannon"
description: "Ciarán Cannon is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency from 2011 to 2024. He previously served as a senator for the Progressive Democrats and was the last elected leader of that party. He served as a Minister of State from 2011 to 2014 and again from 2017 to 2020. He served as a Senator from 2007 to 2011, after being nominated by the Taoiseach."
tagline: "Irish politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ciar%C3%A1n_Cannon_April_2018_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1965-09-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.677286666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ciarancannon"
    handle:    "ciarancannon"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciar%C3%A1n_Cannon"
    title: "Ciarán Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كياران كانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciar%C3%A1n_Cannon"
    title: "Ciarán Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciar%C3%A1n_Cannon"
    title: "Ciarán Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciar%C3%A1n_Cannon"
    title: "Ciarán Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciar%C3%A1n_Cannon"
    title: "Ciarán Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q371007"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump