Brendan Smith (politician)
Brendan Smith is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as Chairman of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party since May 2016. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency since 1992. He previously served as Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2016 to 2020, Minister for Justice and Law Reform from January 2011 to March 2011, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 2008 to 2011, Minister of State for Children from 2007 to 2008 and Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 2004 to 2007.
Smith in 2016
Fianna Fáil, officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party, is a conservative and Christian democratic political party registered in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
1932 Fianna Fáil poster featuring many of the founding members of the party such as de Valera, Lemass, Aiken and Boland
Charles Haughey led the party from 1979 to 1992 and is posthumously regarded as a controversial figure.
Fianna Fáil poster from the 1948 general election
Image: Éamon de Valera