Christopher Gerard O'Malley (born 9 June 1959) is an Irish former

Fine Gael Fine Gael ( ; ; ) is a centre-right, liberal-conservative, Christian democratic political party in Ireland. Fine Gael is currently the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland in terms of members of Dáil Éireann. The party had a member ...

politician who served as a

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(MEP) for the

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constituency from 1986 to 1989. In January 1986, he was nominated to the

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by Fine Gael as an MEP following the resignation of Richie Ryan. He lost his seat at the 1989 European election. In 2003, he was co-opted to

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council () is the local authority of the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is one of three local authorities that succeeded the former Dublin County Council on its abolition on 1 January 1994 a ...

to replace

Eamon Gilmore Eamon Gilmore (born 24 April 1955) is an Irish diplomat and former Labour Party politician. He has served as European Union Special Representative for Human Rights since February 2019. He has also been the European Union Special Envoy for th ...

. He lost his seat at the 2004 local elections. In November 2007, he was appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor (Regional and International Development) at the

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. He is the grandson of

Kevin O'Higgins Kevin Christopher O'Higgins (; 7 June 1892 – 10 July 1927) was an Irish politician who served as Vice-President of the Executive Council and Minister for Justice from 1922 to 1927, Minister for External Affairs from June 1927 to July 1927 a ...

, the government minister assassinated in 1927. He is married to former Labour Party Senator Aideen Hayden.

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* 1959 births Living people Labour Party (Ireland) local councillors Members of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Council Fine Gael MEPs MEPs for the Republic of Ireland 1984–1989 People associated with the University of Wales, Newport People educated at Belvedere College {{FineGael-politician-stub

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