Stiofán Mac Suibhne
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Stiofán Mac Suibhne | |
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| Taoiseach of Caldia | |
| Assumed office 27 February 2019 | |
| Monarch | Kenneth IV |
| Deputy | Séamus Ó Faoláin |
| Preceded by | Humphrey Dumfries |
| Leader of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition | |
| In office 19 June 2017 – 27 February 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Darragh Ballíck |
| Succeeded by | Pádraig Mac Piarais |
| Leader of the Social Democrats | |
| Assumed office 31 July 2017 | |
| Deputy | Gearóid MacMaster |
| Preceded by | Darragh Ballíck |
| Deputy Leader of the Social Democrats | |
| In office 28 June 2012 – 31 July 2017 | |
| Leader | Darragh Ballíck |
| Preceded by | Deirbhile Ní Ríain |
| Succeeded by | Gearóid MacMaster |
| List Teachta Comhthionól | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2017 | |
| Teachta Comhthionól for Scariff North | |
| In office 12 June 2007 – 12 June 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stiofán Aodghan Mac Suibhne 11 June 1959 Scariff, County Clane Caldia |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Pádraigín Níc Dhòmhnaill |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Shanbally Technical Institute |
Stiofán Mac Suibhne (born 11 June 1959) is a Caldish 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.