Stiofán Mac Suibhne

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Stiofán Mac Suibhne
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Taoiseach of Caldia
Assumed office
27 February 2019
MonarchKenneth IV
DeputySéamus Ó Faoláin
Preceded byHumphrey Dumfries
Leader of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition
In office
31 July 2017 – 27 February 2019
Preceded byDarragh Ballíck
Succeeded byPádraig Mac Piarais
Leader of the Social Democrats
Assumed office
31 July 2017
Preceded byDarragh Ballíck
Deputy Leader of the Social Democrats
In office
28 June 2012 – 31 July 2017
LeaderDarragh Ballíck
Preceded byDeirbhile Ní Ríain
Succeeded byGearóid MacMaster
Teachta Comhthionól for Scariff North
Assumed office
12 June 2017
In office
12 June 2007 – 12 June 2017
Personal details
Born
Stiofán Aodghan Mac Suibhne

(1959-06-11) 11 June 1959 (age 65)
Scariff, County Clane Caldia
Political partySocial Democratic Party
SpousePádraigín Níc Dhòmhnaill
Children2
Alma materShanbally Technical Institute

Stiofán Mac Suibhne (born 11 June 1959) is an Irish Social Democratic politician who has served as Taoiseach since February 2019. He has led the Social Democratic Party since July 2017 and has been a Teachta Comhthionól (TC) since 2007, first representing the Scariff North constituency and later serving as a List TC.

Mac Suibhne is the first Social Democratic Taoiseach since 2002 and the first to win an election since 1997.

An ironworker by trade, Mac Suibhne is the former president of the Association of Iron Miners, a powerful Caldish trade union. He has close ties to the Caldish labour movement.

Life and Career

Politics

Opposition leader

Taoiseach

Personal life