Charlie McCreevy

Charlie McCreevy      ( politician)
Born	Charles Barry McCreevy 1949-09-30  Sallins,  Kildare,  Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Alma mater	•  Naas C.B.S. •  Gormanston College •  University College Dublin
Children	1
Spouse	Noeleen Halligan
Party	Property "Has politicalParty" (as page type) with input value "Fianna Fáil|Fianna Fáil" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.[[Fianna Fáil|“Fianna Fáil”]]
Irish politician who attended the 2008 Bilderberg meeting as European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services.  European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services In office 22 November 2004 - 9 February 2010 Preceded by Frits Bolkestein Succeeded by Michel Barnier  Eire/Minister for Finance In office 26 June 1997 - 29 September 2004  Eire/Minister for Tourism and Trade In office 22 January 1993 - 15 December 1994  Eire/Minister for Social Welfare In office 11 February 1992 - 12 January 1993  Teachta Dála  In office June 1997 - 12 October 2004 Preceded by Charlie McCreevy, Michael McDowell  Teachta Dála  In office June 1977 - June 1997 Succeeded by Charlie McCreevy

Charles McCreevy is an Irish politician who attended the 2008 Bilderberg meeting as European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services.

Educating

Born in Sallins, County Kildare, McCreevy was educated locally at Naas by the Congregation of Christian Brothers at Naas C.B.S., and later at Gormanston College. He studied commerce at University College Dublin and went on to become a chartered accountant.

Career

In 1977, McCreevy was elected to the Irish parliament on behalf of Fianna Fáil.

In 1992 he became Minister for Social Affairs in the Cabinet of Albert Reynolds and in 1993 Minister for Minister for Tourism and Trade. Following the fall of this cabinet, Fianna Fáil found itself in opposition and McCreevy became his group's spokesperson on Finance under new group leader Bertie Ahern.

Ahern became prime minister in 1997 general election, and McCreevy was appointed Minister for Finance. His period coincided with the era of the "Celtic Tiger", which saw the rapid growth of the Irish economy due to making the country a tax haven. During his tenure, Ireland joined the European economic and monetary union and the country exchanged the Irish pound for the euro.

In 2004, McCreevy was appointed European Commissioner for the internal market in the Barroso I Commission, succeeding David Byrne as Irish European Commissioner, while taking over the internal market portfolio from Dutchman Frits Bolkestein. During the confirmation, he said that he had campaigned for the ratification of every European Treaty since 1972.

The introduction of the EU Services Directive drawn up by Bolkestein met with a lot of resistance from France, Germany and Italy, among others, large EU countries with relatively high unemployment. In 2006, the directive was adopted in modified form by the European Parliament. When the Barroso II Commission took office in 2010, McCreevy was succeeded as European Commissioner for the Internal Market by Frenchman Michel Barnier.

McCreevy joined the board of Sports Direct International plc on 31 March 2011 and is also a director of Ryanair. He receives annual pension payments of €119,177.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2008	5 June 2008	8 June 2008	US Virginia Chantilly	The 56th Bilderberg, Chantilly, Virginia, 139 guests
WEF/Annual Meeting/2007	24 January 2007	28 January 2007	Switzerland WEF	Only the 451 public figures listed of ~2200 participants
WEF/Annual Meeting/2008	23 January 2008	27 January 2008	Switzerland WEF	At the 2008 summit, Klaus Schwab called for a coordinated approach, where different 'stakeholders' collaborate across geographical, industrial, political and cultural boundaries."
WEF/Annual Meeting/2009	23 January 2009	27 January 2009	Switzerland WEF	Chairman Klaus Schwab outlined five objectives driving the Forum’s efforts to shape the global agenda, including letting the banks that caused the 2008 economic crisis keep writing the rules, the climate change agenda, over-national government structures, taking control over businesses with the stakeholder agenda, and a "new charter for the global economic order".

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