Trevor Sargent (born 1 July 1960) is a senior Irish Green Party politician. He is a Teachta Dála for Dublin North and is the current Minister of State for Food and Horticulture. He was leader of the Green Party from 2001 to 2007. He was succeeded as leader by John Gormley. A committed environmentalist since the early 1980s, Trevor Sargent first became politically active when he joined the Green Party in 1982.
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- Trevor Sargent (born 1 July 1960) is a senior Irish Green Party politician. He is a Teachta Dála for Dublin North and is the current Minister of State for Food and Horticulture. He was leader of the Green Party from 2001 to 2007. He was succeeded as leader by John Gormley. A committed environmentalist since the early 1980s, Trevor Sargent first became politically active when he joined the Green Party in 1982. However, it was not until 1989 that the Green Party made an impact on national politics, winning its first seat in Dáil Éireann through Roger Garland. In that same year Sargent stood for election to the European Parliament, but was unsuccessful. Two years later in 1991 he was elected to Dublin County Council. He is well known for waving in the council chamber a cheque received in the post from a builder who was seeking planning permission for a housing development. When he asked the other members whether any of them had also received cheques, he was assaulted by a number of his fellow councillors. Sargent alleged that Fianna Fáil councillor Don Lydon put him in a headlock and attempted to snatch the cheque from him. This is one of the incidents which eventually led to the creation of planning tribunals to look into planning matters in Dublin County Council. In the 1992 general election he was elected to Dáil Éireann and retained his seat in the 1997, 2002 and 2007 general elections, topping the poll in 2002. Having been elected to Dáil Éireann he immediately resigned his county council seat in keeping with Green party policy on dual mandates. This policy has since been adopted by the government and is now compulsory. Having been the only Green Party member of the Dáil between 1992 and 1997, Sargent was joined in 1997 by John Gormley, and in 2002 by an additional four Green Party TDs. At a special "Leadership Convention" in Kilkenny on 6 October 2001, Sargent was elected the first official leader of the Green Party. He was re-elected to this position in 2003 and again in 2005. Following the 2007 general election the Green Party entered talks on forming a coalition government with Fianna Fáil. A programme for government was agreed after over a week of negotiations, which was ratified by 86% by a special conference of the Green Party membership following passionate endorsements of the deal by Sargent and the rest of the Green leadership. However Sargent announced that he would resign his position as leader of the party and would not accept a seat in cabinet, as he had promised he would not lead the party into government with Fianna Fáil before the election. It was a surprise announcement and Sargent was generally lauded for such a demonstration of integrity. Instead of entering cabinet he was appointed Minister of State for Food and Horticulture by Bertie Ahern on 20 June 2007. Sargent is a fluent Irish speaker and has made appearances on the Irish language TV channel TG4; he has also made an appearance on The Podge and Rodge Show on 10 April 2006. Sargent, along with Irish Green Party founder Christopher Fettes, is an Esperantist .
- Trevor Sargent ist ein irischer Politiker, Mitglied der Green Party und seit 1992 Teachta Dála im Oireachtas. Als überzeugter Umweltschützer kam Sargent 1982, während er in Dunmanway, County Cork als Lehrer tätig war, durch das Cork Green Movement zu der Ecology Party (wie die Green Party damals hieß). 1989 trat Sargent zur Europaparlamentswahl an, unterlag jedoch mit nur 8,3% der Stimmen in seinem Wahlbezirk. 1992 wurde er erstmals in den Dáil Éireann gewählt, dem er bis heute angehört. Oktober 2001 wurde er zum ersten Parteivorsitzenden seiner Partei gewählt. Im Juli 2007 stimmte der Parteitag der Green Party einer Regierungsbeteiligung mit der bürgerlichen Partei Fianna Fáil sowie den Progressive Democrats zu. Daraufhin trat der diese Regierungsbeteiligung befürwortende Sargent von seinem Amt als Parteivorsitzender zurück da er während des Wahlkampfes 2007 eine Regierungsbildung seiner Partei mit der Fianna Fáil abgelehnt und keinen Kabinettsposten für sich beansprucht hatte. Neuer Parteivorsitzender wurde John Gormley. Er bekleidet nun den Posten eines nicht dem Kabinett angehörenden Staatsministers für Ernährung und Gartenbau (Minister of State for Food and Horticulture) in der neuen Regierung.
- Trevor Sargent est un homme politique irlandais. Il est Teachta Dála (député de la chambre basse) de la circonsription du nord de Dublin et le chef du Parti vert depuis 2001. Écologiste engagé depuis le début des années 1980, Trevor Sargent est entré en politique en rejoignant le Parti Vert irlandais en 1982. Cependant, ce n'est pas avant 1989 que le Parti Vert a un impact politique national, gagnant son premier siège au Dáil Éireann avec Roger Garland. La même année, Sargent se présente lors des élections au Parlement européen, mais il échoue. Deux ans après, en 1991, il est élu au Conseil du comté de Dublin. Il est bien connu pour avoir brandi à la chambre du conseil un chèque reçu à la Poste d'un entrepreneur du bâtiment qui cherchait à obtenir un premis de construire pour un projet immobilier. Quand il demanda à ses collègues du conseil si l'un d'entre eux avait également reçu un tel chèque, plusieurs l'attaquèrent. Sargent a affirmé que le conseiller Don Lydon, de Fianna Fáil, l'avait pris à la gorge pour tenter de lui prendre le chèque. Élu au Dáil Éireann lors des élections générales de 1992, il conserva son siège en 1997, en 2002 et en 2007. Ayant été élu à la Chambre de Leinster, il démissionna immédiatement de son mandat au Conseil du comté, en accord avec la politique du Parti Vert sur le mandat unique. Cette politique a, depuis, été adoptée par le gouvernement irlandais et est désormais obligatoire. Seul député du Parti Vert au Dáil entre 1992 et 1997, Sargent fut rejoint en 1997 par John Gormley et, en 2002, par quatre autres élus verts. Lors d'une "convention de la direction" à Kilkenny, le 6 octobre 2001, Sargent a été élu le premier chef officiel du Parti Vert. Il a été réélu à ce poste de 2003 et en 2005.
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- Trevor Sargent (born 1 July 1960) is a senior Irish Green Party politician. He is a Teachta Dála for Dublin North and is the current Minister of State for Food and Horticulture. He was leader of the Green Party from 2001 to 2007. He was succeeded as leader by John Gormley. A committed environmentalist since the early 1980s, Trevor Sargent first became politically active when he joined the Green Party in 1982.
- Trevor Sargent ist ein irischer Politiker, Mitglied der Green Party und seit 1992 Teachta Dála im Oireachtas. Als überzeugter Umweltschützer kam Sargent 1982, während er in Dunmanway, County Cork als Lehrer tätig war, durch das Cork Green Movement zu der Ecology Party (wie die Green Party damals hieß). 1989 trat Sargent zur Europaparlamentswahl an, unterlag jedoch mit nur 8,3% der Stimmen in seinem Wahlbezirk.
- Trevor Sargent est un homme politique irlandais. Il est Teachta Dála (député de la chambre basse) de la circonsription du nord de Dublin et le chef du Parti vert depuis 2001. Écologiste engagé depuis le début des années 1980, Trevor Sargent est entré en politique en rejoignant le Parti Vert irlandais en 1982. Cependant, ce n'est pas avant 1989 que le Parti Vert a un impact politique national, gagnant son premier siège au Dáil Éireann avec Roger Garland.
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