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Irish Minister of Finance Paschal Donohoe is elected president of the Eurogroup, beating the candidatures of Spanish Minister Nadia Calviño and of Luxembourgish Minister Pierre Gramegna. He will succeed Mário Centeno.
2020-07-9

Spanish Minister of Economy and Competitiveness, Luis de Guindos, is set to be nominated by the Eurogroup to succeed Vítor Constâncio as Vice-President of the European Central Bank.
2018-02-19

The Eurogroup selects Mário Centeno, Portugal's Minister of Finance, to succeed Jeroen Dijsselbloem as their next president.
2017-12-4

Interim Prime Minister of Greece Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, the country's first female prime minister, was sworn in Thursday. The PM named her caretaker government cabinet that will oversee implementation of austerity measures required by the latest debt bailout with Eurogroup. Elections, required after Alexis Tsipras resigned last week, are scheduled for September 20, 2015, the third time Greeks will be going to the polls this year.
2015-08-28

Ministers at Eurogroup's lengthy meeting today approve Greece's 85 billion euro bailout.
2015-08-14

Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem was re-elected president of the Eurogroup for a second term.
2015-07-13

The new Greek government, represented by finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, meets with Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the Eurogroup, and declares that Greece now rejects any further cooperation with its main international lenders known as the troika (the Eurogroup, the IMF, and the ECB); instead, it wants to negotiate directly with other European countries.
2015-01-30

Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, Jnr hands down the hardest budget in the country's history.
2010-12-7

Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan, Jnr applies for an international bailout to deal with the Irish financial crisis.
2010-11-21

Taoiseach Brian Cowen reshuffles his cabinet. [http:--www.rte.ie-news-2010-0323-politics.html (RTÉ)] [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-2-hi-europe-8583684.stm (BBC)] [http:--www.tv3.ie-article.php?article_id=34375&locID=1.2.&pagename=news (TV3)] [http:--www.irishtimes.com-newspaper-breaking-2010-0323-breaking67.html ("The Irish Times")]Cowen also re-assigns responsibilities between government departments and changes the titles of some departments. [http:--www.irishtimes.com-newspaper-breaking-2010-0323-breaking88.html ("The Irish Times")]Tony Killeen is appointed Minister for Defence following Willie O'Dea's resignation last month. [http:--www.clareherald.com-local-news-politics-559-killeen-secures-defence-ministry.html ("The Clare Herald")]date=August 2019 [https:--web.archive.org-web-20100327112256-http:--www.clarepeople.com-index.php-20100323817-Latest-News-Breen-congratulates-Killeen-on-promotion.html ("The Clare People")] [http:--www.limerickleader.ie-news-Tony-Killeen-replaces-Limerick-TD.6174207.jp ("Limerick Leader")]date=May 2020 An extra ministerial role is given to the Green Party, a member of the government coalition. [http:--www.etaiwannews.com-etn-news_content.php?id=1210305&lang=eng_news ("Taiwan News")]Brian Lenihan, Jr. retains his role as Minister for Finance in spite of recent health problems. [http:--uk.reuters.com-article-idUKTRE62M3F620100323 (Reuters)]The Opposition reacts negatively to the changes, calling it "a game of musical chairs". [http:--www.google.com-hostednews-ukpress-article-ALeqM5gwXfEFWDNBJ2il5dYesyTGg40YTA (The Press Association)] [http:--www.irishexaminer.com-breakingnews-ireland-kenny-condemns-lack-of-sackings-in-reshuffle-451108.html ("Irish Examiner")]Tony Killeen is appointed Minister for Defence following Willie O'Dea's resignation last month. [http:--www.clareherald.com-local-news-politics-559-killeen-secures-defence-ministry.html ("The Clare Herald")]date=August 2019 [https:--web.archive.org-web-20100327112256-http:--www.clarepeople.com-index.php-20100323817-Latest-News-Breen-congratulates-Killeen-on-promotion.html ("The Clare People")] [http:--www.limerickleader.ie-news-Tony-Killeen-replaces-Limerick-TD.6174207.jp ("Limerick Leader")]date=May 2020
2010-03-23