Chris O'Leary
Irish politician
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Chris O'Leary is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He was formerly a Cork City Councillor and Lord Mayor of Cork.[2] With a background in community development projects, in 2002 he was co-opted into the council to replace his Green Party colleague Dan Boyle who had been elected a TD.[3] O'Leary left the Green Party in 2009,[4] and was an independent councillor prior to joining Sinn Féin in 2010.[5] He became Lord Mayor of Cork in June 2015,[6] in the second year of a D'Hondt method rotation agreed for the office in 2014.[7][8][9] He was Lord Mayor of Cork from June 2015 to June 2016, when he was replaced by Fine Gael politician Des Cahill.[10] In the 2019 Irish local elections, O'Leary was not reelected, one of two Sinn Féin councillors to lose seats on Cork City Council.[11]
affiliations
- Independent (2009–10)
- Green Party (until 2009)
Chris O'Leary | |
|---|---|
O'Leary in 2015 | |
| Lord Mayor of Cork | |
| In office June 2015 – June 2016 | |
| Cork City Councillor | |
| Assumed office June 2002 | |
| Constituency | Cork City South East |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Sinn Féin (2010–present)[1] |
Other political affiliations |
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His brother Don O'Leary was also a Sinn Féin Councillor for Cork City.[12][13]
O'Leary is a patron of the People's Movement.[14]