Joe McHugh

Joe McHugh TD
Chair of the Committee on European Union Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 September 2020
Preceded by	Michael Healy-Rae
Minister for Education and Skills
In office 16 October 2018 – 27 June 2020
Taoiseach	Leo Varadkar
Preceded by	Richard Bruton
Succeeded by	Norma Foley
Minister of State
2017–2018	Government Chief Whip
2017–2018	Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
2016–2018	Taoiseach
2016–2017	Foreign Affairs and Trade
2014–2016	Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
2014–2016	Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2016
Constituency	Donegal
In office May 2007 – February 2016
Constituency	Donegal North-East
Senator
In office 12 September 2002 – 24 May 2007
Constituency	Administrative Panel
Personal details
Born	(1971-07-16) 16 July 1971 (age 53) Carrigart, County Donegal, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse	Olwyn Enright ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	3
Relatives	Tom Enright (father-in-law)
Alma mater	NUI, Maynooth

Joe McHugh (born 16 July 1971) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Chair of the Committee on European Union Affairs since September 2020. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency since 2016, and previously from 2007 to 2016 for the Donegal North-East constituency. He served as Minister for Education and Skills from 2018 to 2020 and as a Minister of State from 2014 to 2018, including as Government Chief Whip from 2017 to 2018. He was a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2002 and 2007.^[1]

In May 2022, McHugh announced that he would not stand at the next general election.^[2][3]