Proinsias De Rossa

Proinsias De Rossa
De Rossa in 2014
Minister for Social Welfare
In office 15 December 1994 – 26 June 1997
Taoiseach	John Bruton
Preceded by	Michael Woods
Succeeded by	Dermot Ahern
Leader of Democratic Left
In office 15 February 1992 – 11 July 1999
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Leader of the Workers' Party
In office 11 February 1988 – 8 February 1992
Preceded by	Tomás Mac Giolla
Succeeded by	Marian Donnelly
Member of the European Parliament
In office 1 July 1999 – 22 February 2012
In office 1 July 1989 – 30 November 1992
Constituency	Dublin
Teachta Dála
In office February 1982 – May 2002
Constituency	Dublin North-West
Personal details
Born	Francis Ross (1940-05-15) 15 May 1940 (age 84) Finglas, Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Labour Party (since 1999)
Other political affiliations	Democratic Left (1992–1999) Workers' Party (1970–1992) Sinn Féin (until 1970)
Alma mater	Dublin Institute of Technology

Proinsias De Rossa (born 15 May 1940) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Social Welfare from 1994 to 1997, Leader of Democratic Left from 1992 to 1999 and Leader of the Workers' Party from 1988 to 1992. He served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 1989 to 1992 and 1999 to 2012. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency from 1989 to 2002.^[1]