Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern (born in 1951, age 63) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 1997 to 2008. Ahern served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 2011 and he represented the constituency of Dublin Central. Before he became Taoiseach, he served in the governments of Charles Haughey and Albert Reynolds as Minister for Labour (1987–91) and Minister for Finance (1991–94). In 1994, Ahern was elected sixth leader of Fianna Fáil. Under Ahern's leadership Fianna Fáil led three coalition governments. After Éamon de Valera, Bertie Ahern's term as Taoiseach is the longest. Ahern resigned as Taoiseach in 2008, in the wake of revelations made in Mahon Tribunal. The Mahon Tribunal found that Ahern, while not judged corrupt, had received monies from developers and the Tribunal disbelieved his explanations of those payments.
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