Hildegarde Naughton
Hildegarde Naughton | |
|---|---|
Naughton in 2024 | |
| Minister for Education and Youth | |
| Assumed office 18 November 2025 | |
| Taoiseach | Micheál Martin |
| Preceded by | Helen McEntee |
| Minister of State | |
| 2025 | Children, Disability and Equality |
| 2024–2025 | Education |
| 2022–2024 | Health |
| 2021 | Justice |
| 2020–2022 | Environment, Climate and Communications |
| 2020–2022 | Transport |
| Government Chief Whip | |
| In office 17 December 2022 – 23 January 2025 | |
| Taoiseach | |
| Preceded by | Jack Chambers |
| Succeeded by | Mary Butler |
| Chair of the Committee on Communications, Climate Action and the Environment | |
| In office 4 April 2016 – 27 June 2020 | |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Brian Leddin |
| Teachta Dála | |
| Assumed office February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Galway West |
| Senator | |
| In office 19 July 2013 – 26 February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 May 1977 Galway, Ireland |
| Party | Fine Gael |
| Alma mater | |
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Hildegarde Naughton (born 1 May 1977) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Education and Youth since November 2025. A TD for Galway West since 2016, she served as a Minister of State in attendance at cabinet from 2020 to 2025 and Government Chief Whip from 2022 to 2025. She served as Chair of the Committee on Communications, Climate Action and the Environment from 2016 to 2020 and Mayor of Galway from 2011 to 2012. She also served as a Senator from 2013 to 2016, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.