Simon Harris
Simon Harris (born 17 October 1986) is an Irish Fine Gael politician serving as Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael since 2024. A TD for the Wicklow constituency since 2011, he served as a minister of state from 2014 to 2016 and as a minister since 2016.Born in Greystones, Harris was elected to Wicklow County Council in the 2009 local elections. He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election, becoming the "baby of the Dáil" at age 24, and was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Finance in 2014. Following the formation of a Fine Gael minority government in 2016, he was appointed Minister for Health. On the formation of the coalition government in 2020, he was appointed Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. From December 2022 to June 2023, he also served as Minister for Justice during the maternity leave of Cabinet colleague Helen McEntee.
After Leo Varadkar resigned in March 2024, Harris was the only candidate in the 2024 Fine Gael leadership election. Appointed Taoiseach on 9 April 2024 at age 37, he became the youngest holder of the office in the state's history. Due to his aptitude for social media, he has been dubbed the "TikTok Taoiseach". Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Kenchington, Charlotte G., Harris, Simon J., Vixseboxse, Philip B., Pickup, Chris, Wilby, Philip R.Get access
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3by Mitchell, Emily G., Harris, Simon, Kenchington, Charlotte G., Vixseboxse, Philip, Roberts, Lucy, Clark, Catherine, Dennis, Alexandra, Liu, Alexander G., Wilby, Philip R.Get access
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4by Mitchell, Emily G, Harris, Simon, Kenchington, Charlotte G, Vixseboxse, Philip, Roberts, Lucy, Clark, Catherine, Dennis, Alexandra, Liu, Alexander G, Wilby, Philip RGet access
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5by Mitchell, Emily G, Harris, Simon, Kenchington, Charlotte G, Vixseboxse, Philip, Roberts, Lucy, Clark, Catherine, Dennis, Alexandra, Liu, Alexander G, Wilby, Philip RGet access
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6by Mitchell, Emily G., Harris, Simon, Kenchington, Charlotte G., Vixseboxse, Philip, Roberts, Lucy, Clark, Catherine, Dennis, Alexandra, Liu, Alexander G., Wilby, Philip R.Get access
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7by Mitchell, Emily G., Harris, Simon, Kenchington, Charlotte G., Vixseboxse, Philip, Roberts, Lucy, Clark, Catherine, Dennis, Alexandra, Liu, Alexander G., Wilby, Philip R., Williams, JohnGet access
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8by Mitchell, Emily G., Harris, Simon, Kenchington, Charlotte G., Vixseboxse, Philip, Roberts, Lucy, Clark, Catherine, Dennis, Alexandra, Liu, Alexander G., Wilby, Philip R., Williams, JohnGet access
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9by Björnsdóttir, Sigríður, Harris, Simon R, Svansson, Vilhjálmur, Gunnarsson, Eggert, Sigurðardóttir, Ólöf G, Gammeljord, Kristina, Steward, Karen F, Newton, J Richard, Robinson, Carl, Charbonneau, Amelia RL, Parkhill, Julian, Holden, Matthew TG, Waller, Andrew SGet access
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10by Björnsdóttir, Sigríður, Harris, Simon R, Svansson, Vilhjálmur, Gunnarsson, Eggert, Sigurðardóttir, Ólöf G, Gammeljord, Kristina, Steward, Karen F, Newton, J Richard, Robinson, Carl, Charbonneau, Amelia RL, Parkhill, Julian, Holden, Matthew TG, Waller, Andrew SGet access
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11by Björnsdóttir, Sigríður, Harris, Simon R., Svansson, Vilhjálmur, Gunnarsson, Eggert, Sigurðardóttir, Ólöf G., Gammeljord, Kristina, Steward, Karen F., Newton, J. Richard, Robinson, Carl, Charbonneau, Amelia R. L., Parkhill, Julian, Holden, Matthew T. G., Waller, Andrew S.Get access
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12by Björnsdóttir, Sigríður, Harris, Simon R., Svansson, Vilhjálmur, Gunnarsson, Eggert, Sigurðardóttir, Ólöf G., Gammeljord, Kristina, Steward, Karen F., Newton, J. Richard, Robinson, Carl, Charbonneau, Amelia R. L., Parkhill, Julian, Holden, Matthew T. G., Waller, Andrew S.Get access
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13by Björnsdóttir, Sigríður, Harris, Simon R., Svansson, Vilhjálmur, Gunnarsson, Eggert, Sigurðardóttir, Ólöf G., Gammeljord, Kristina, Steward, Karen F., Newton, J. Richard, Robinson, Carl, Charbonneau, Amelia R. L., Parkhill, Julian, Holden, Matthew T. G., Waller, Andrew S.Get access
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14by Björnsdóttir, Sigríður, Harris, Simon R., Svansson, Vilhjálmur, Gunnarsson, Eggert, Sigurðardóttir, Ólöf G., Gammeljord, Kristina, Steward, Karen F., Newton, J. Richard, Robinson, Carl, Charbonneau, Amelia R. L., Parkhill, Julian, Holden, Matthew T. G., Waller, Andrew S.Get access
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15by Björnsdóttir, Sigríður, Harris, Simon R., Svansson, Vilhjálmur, Gunnarsson, Eggert, Sigurðardóttir, Ólöf G., Gammeljord, Kristina, Steward, Karen F., Newton, J. Richard, Robinson, Carl, Charbonneau, Amelia R. L., Parkhill, Julian, Holden, Matthew T. G., Waller, Andrew S.Get access
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16by Björnsdóttir, Sigríður, Harris, Simon R., Svansson, Vilhjálmur, Gunnarsson, Eggert, Sigurðardóttir, Ólöf G., Gammeljord, Kristina, Steward, Karen F., Newton, J. Richard, Robinson, Carl, Charbonneau, Amelia R. L., Parkhill, Julian, Holden, Matthew T. G., Waller, Andrew S.Get access
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17by Croucher, Nicholas J, Hanage, William P, Harris, Simon R, McGee, Lesley, van der Linden, Mark, de Lencastre, Herminia, Sá-Leão, Raquel, Song, Jae-Hoon, Ko, Kwan Soo, Beall, Bernard, Klugman, Keith P, Parkhill, Julian, Tomasz, Alexander, Kristinsson, Karl G, Bentley, Stephen DGet access
Published in BMC Biology (2014)
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18by Croucher, Nicholas J, Hanage, William P, Harris, Simon R, McGee, Lesley, van der Linden, Mark, de Lencastre, Herminia, Sá-Leão, Raquel, Song, Jae-Hoon, Ko, Kwan, Beall, Bernard, Klugman, Keith P, Parkhill, Julian, Tomasz, Alexander, Kristinsson, Karl G, Bentley, Stephen DGet access
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19by Croucher, Nicholas J, Hanage, William P, Harris, Simon R, McGee, Lesley, van der Linden, Mark, de Lencastre, Herminia, Sá-Leão, Raquel, Song, Jae-Hoon, Ko, Kwan Soo, Beall, Bernard, Klugman, Keith P, Parkhill, Julian, Tomasz, Alexander, Kristinsson, Karl G, Bentley, Stephen DGet access
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