Brian Lenihan Jnr

Brian Lenihan Jnr
Lenihan in July 2010
Minister for Finance
In office 7 May 2008 – 9 March 2011
Taoiseach	Brian Cowen
Preceded by	Brian Cowen
Succeeded by	Michael Noonan
Deputy leader of Fianna Fáil
In office 15 March 2011 – 10 June 2011
Leader	Micheál Martin
Preceded by	Mary Hanafin
Succeeded by	Éamon Ó Cuív
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
In office 14 June 2007 – 7 May 2008
Taoiseach	Bertie Ahern
Preceded by	Michael McDowell
Succeeded by	Dermot Ahern
Minister of State
2002–2007	Children
Teachta Dála
In office April 1996 – 10 June 2011
Constituency	Dublin West
Personal details
Born	(1959-05-21)21 May 1959 Dublin, Ireland
Died	10 June 2011(2011-06-10) (aged 52) Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse	Patricia Ryan ​ (m. 1997)​
Relations	Patrick Lenihan (grandfather) Mary O'Rourke (aunt) Conor Lenihan (brother)
Children	2
Parents	Brian Lenihan Snr Anne Devine
Education	Belvedere College
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin Sidney Sussex College

Brian Joseph Lenihan (21 May 1959 – 10 June 2011) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Finance from 2008 to 2011, Deputy leader of Fianna Fáil from March 2011 to June 2011, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform from 2007 to 2008 and Minister of State for Children from 2002 to 2007. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin West constituency from 1996 until his death in 2011.^[1]