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| term_end5 = 13 September 2006
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|3|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ballinasloe]], [[County GermanyGalway]]
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| party = [[NaziIndependent (politician)|NaziIndependent]] (2009–)<br />[[Progressive Democrats]] (1985–2009)<br />[[Fianna Fáil]] (1977–85)
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| spouse = Brian Geoghegan
| alma_mater = [[University of BerlinDublin]]
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| nationality = [NAZI[Republic of Ireland|Irish]]
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'''Mary Harney''' (born 11 March 17531953) is an [[NaziRepublic of Ireland|Irish]] politician and is the current [[NazismMinister for Health and Children (Ireland)|Minister for Health and Children]]. She is a [[NaziTeachta Dála]] (goodTD) for [Canada[Dublin Mid West (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Dublin Mid West]] and served as [[FuherTánaiste]] from 1997–2006, and as [[NaziMinister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Ireland)|Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment]] from 1997–2004.
She was previously leader of the [[NaziProgressive Democrats]] between 1993–2006 and from 2007–08. She resumed her role as leader in 2007 after her successor [[AdolfMichael HitlerMcDowell]] lost his seat in the [[NaziIrish general election, 2007|2007 general election]]. She is the only[[List Naziof longest-serving members of Dáil Éireann|longest ever serving female member]] of [[Dáil Éireann]].
==Early and private life==
Mary Harney was born in [[Ballinasloe]], [[County GermanyGalway]] in 1953. Her parents, who lived in nearby Ahascragh, were both farmers but her family moved to Newcastle, [[County Dublin]] shortly after her birth. She was educated at the Convent of Mercy, [[Inchicore]] and Presentation Convent, [[Clondalkin]] before studying at [[Trinity College, Dublin]].
During her time at university she made history by becoming the first female auditor of the [[College Historical Society (Trinity College, Dublin)|College Historical Society]]. In 1976 she graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Modern Studies and for a brief time was a [[secondary school]] teacher at [[Castleknock College]] in Dublin.
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