Brendan Smith (politician)

Brendan Smith TD
Smith in 2016
Chairman of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 May 2016
Leader	Micheál Martin
Preceded by	John Browne
Chair of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
In office 4 April 2016 – 15 September 2020
Preceded by	Pat Breen
Succeeded by	Charles Flanagan
Minister for Justice and Law Reform
In office 20 January 2011 – 9 March 2011
Taoiseach	Brian Cowen
Preceded by	Dermot Ahern
Succeeded by	Alan Shatter (Justice and Equality)
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office 7 May 2008 – 9 March 2011
Taoiseach	Brian Cowen
Preceded by	Mary Coughlan
Succeeded by	Simon Coveney (Agriculture, Food and the Marine)
Minister of State
2007–2008	Children
2004–2007	Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office November 1992
Constituency	Cavan–Monaghan
Personal details
Born	(1956-06-01) 1 June 1956 (age 68) Cavan, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse	Anne McGarry ​ (m. 1985)​
Education	St. Camillus College
Alma mater	University College Dublin
Website	brendansmith.ie

Brendan Smith (born 1 June 1956) 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.^[1]