Regina Doherty

Regina Doherty MEP
Doherty in 2018
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 July 2024
Constituency	Dublin
Deputy leader of the Seanad
In office 17 December 2022 – 26 June 2024
Taoiseach	Leo Varadkar Simon Harris
Leader	Lisa Chambers
Preceded by	Lisa Chambers
Succeeded by	Seán Kyne
Leader of the Seanad
In office 29 June 2020 – 17 December 2022
Taoiseach	Micheál Martin
Deputy	Lisa Chambers
Preceded by	Jerry Buttimer
Succeeded by	Lisa Chambers
Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad
In office 29 June 2020 – 26 June 2024
Leader	Leo Varadkar Simon Harris
Preceded by	Jerry Buttimer
Succeeded by	Seán Kyne
Senator
In office 29 June 2020 – 10 July 2024
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach
Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection
In office 14 June 2017 – 27 June 2020
Taoiseach	Leo Varadkar
Preceded by	Leo Varadkar
Succeeded by	Heather Humphreys
Minister of State
2016–2017	Government Chief Whip
Teachta Dála
In office February 2011 – February 2020
Constituency	Meath East
Personal details
Born	Regina Dalton[1] (1971-01-26) 26 January 1971 (age 53) Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Ireland: Fine Gael EU: European People's Party
Spouse	Declan Doherty ​ (m. 1997)​
Children	4
Alma mater	Dublin City University King's Inns

Regina Doherty (née Dalton; born 26 January 1971) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency since the 2024 European Parliament election. She was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath East constituency from 2011 to 2020.^[2] She was the Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2020 to 2024, serving as leader of the Seanad from 2020 to 2022 and Deputy leader of the Seanad from 2022 to 2024. She served as Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection from 2017 to 2020 and Government Chief Whip from 2016 to 2017.