Simon Harris (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Simon Harris (politician)

Irish politician

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1986

Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Profession: politician

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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Simon Harris (born 17 December 1986) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Health since May 2016.
He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency since 2011.
He previously served as Minister of State at the Department of Finance from 2014 to 2016.Harris was born in Greystones, County Wicklow.
He initially studied Journalism and French, at the Dublin Institute of Technology, before dropping out of his course to pursue politics full-time.
His involvement in politics began in his teens when he established an autism support and lobby group in Wicklow.
From 2008, he worked as an assistant, to then Senator Frances Fitzgerald.
In 2009, Harris was elected to Greystones Town Council and Wicklow County Council and served on a number of local committees before his election to Dáil Éireann. After an initial period on the backbenches as the Baby of the Dáil, Harris was promoted to the position of Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, Public Procurement and International Banking in 2014. Following the formation of a Fine Gael minority government in May 2016, Harris was appointed to the cabinet as Minister for Health.