Helen McEntee

Helen McEntee, is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister for Defence since November 2025 and deputy leader of Fine Gael since October 2024. A Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath East constituency since 2013, she previously served as Minister for Education and Youth from January to November 2025, as Minister for Justice from 2020 to 2025 and as a minister of state from 2016 to 2020.