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2008 Fianna Fáil leadership election

Political party leadership election in Ireland

Field	Value
election_name	2008 Fianna Fáil leadership election
country
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1994 Fianna Fáil leadership election
previous_year	1994
next_election	2011 Fianna Fáil leadership election
next_year	2011
election_date
image1	File:Brian Cowen, June 2010 (cropped).jpg
image1_size	170x170px
candidate1	Brian Cowen
party1
leaders_seat1	Laois-Offaly
percentage1	Unopposed
title	Leader
before_election	Bertie Ahern
after_election	Brian Cowen

The 2008 Fianna Fáil leadership election began on 2 April 2008, when party leader and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern announced his resignation. Brian Cowen, the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance was the clear favourite to succeed him.{{cite web |url-status=live}}

Candidates

Standing

Brian Cowen – Tánaiste and Minister for Finance

Declined to stand

Dermot Ahern{{cite web|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/01/29/story11361.asp|title=The other Dermot Ahern|publisher=The Sunday Business Post|date=29 January 2006|access-date=2 April 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306114026/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/01/29/story11361.asp|archive-date=6 March 2009
Mary Hanafin – Minister for Education and Science
Micheál Martin – Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Brian Lenihan – Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Outcome

On 2 April Mary Hanafin declined to comment on whether she would be standing for the leadership and Brian Lenihan had ruled himself out of the race. By 4 April all of the Fianna Fáil cabinet ministers had declared their support for the candidacy of Brian Cowen. No other candidate emerged, and Cowen was elected unopposed as the seventh leader of Fianna Fáil on 9 April 2008.

References

(17 July 2006). "Cowen feels 'positive about the soul of the country'". [[Irish Independent]].
(2 April 2008). "No Hanafin comment on FF leadership". [[RTÉ News]].
(9 April 2008). "FF elects Brian Cowen as leader". [[RTÉ News]].

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