Alan Dukes
Politician, Chief Economist and Keynote Speaker

Alan Dukes was born in Dublin in 1945. After a postgraduate degree in International Trade and Economic Integration from UCD, he was appointed Economic Advisor and subsequently Chief Economist to the Irish Farmers' Association. In 1973, he became Director of the IFA's Brussels office.

From 1977 to 1980, he was an Advisor in the cabinet of Commissioner Richard Burke, dealing with Consumer Affairs, Aviation Policy and Relations with the European Parliament.

In 1981, he was elected to Dail Eireann, and remained a Member until May, 2002. During that period, he served at various times as Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Finance, Minister for Justice and Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications, and as Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs. He was Leader of Fine Gael and Leader of the Opposition from March, 1987 to November 1990.

In April, 2004, President Kwasniewski of Poland awarded him the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. In June, 2004, the French Government appointed him Officier de la Legion d'Honneur.

At the request of the Irish Government, he chaired the AgriVision 2015 group which reported in 2005 on a strategy for the development of agriculture and the food industry.

Director - General of the Institute of European Affairs, Dublin, January 2003 – December 2007.

He is currently Public Affairs Consultant with WHPR, Dublin.

Testimonials

"Please pass on our sincere thanks to Alan for his address yesterday. Feedback was extremely positive."
Catherine Grennell-Whyte, Country Sales manager Ireland, Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.

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