2008 Fianna Fáil leadership election

Political party leadership election in Ireland January 2025 January 2025 2008 Fianna Fáil leadership election presidential no 1994 Fianna Fáil leadership election 1994 2011 Fianna Fáil leadership election 2011 2008 4 9 yes File:Brian Cowen, June 2010 (cropped).jpg 170x170px Brian Cowen Laois-Offaly Unopposed Leader Bertie Ahern 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.http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/behind-the-smugness-is-a-clueless-brian-cowen-1275197.html Behind the smugness is a clueless Brian Cowen Irish Independent 27 January 2008 2 April 2008 6 April 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080406011105/http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/behind-the-smugness-is-a-clueless-brian-cowen-1275197.html livehttp://www.independent.ie/national-news/cowen-feels-positive-about-the-soul-of-the-country-88294.html https://archive.today/20130217175306/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/cowen-feels-positive-about-the-soul-of-the-country-88294.html dead 17 February 2013 Cowen feels 'positive about the soul of the country' Irish Independent 17 July 2006 2 April 2008 Candidates Standing Brian Cowen – Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Declined to stand Dermot Ahernhttp://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/01/29/story11361.asp The other Dermot Ahern The Sunday Business Post 29 January 2006 2 April 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090306114026/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/01/29/story11361.asp 6 March 2009 – Minister for Foreign Affairs 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.http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0402/ahernbreax1.html No Hanafin comment on FF leadership RTÉ News 2 April 2008 2 April 2008 4 April 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080404074123/http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0402/ahernbreax1.html live 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.http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0409/fiannafail.html FF elects Brian Cowen as leader RTÉ News 9 April 2008 9 April 2008 11 April 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080411032531/http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0409/fiannafail.html live References Category:2008 elections in the Republic of Ireland Category:2008 in Irish politics Category:Brian Cowen Category:History of Fianna Fáil Category:Fianna Fáil leadership elections Fianna Fáil leadership election