Facts: - website: -lsb- http://www.johnbruton.com official website -rsb- - president: jose manuel barroso - successor: bertie bertie ahern alan dukes ray macsharry ray macsharry michael noonan ahern dick spring shane mcentee angelos pangratis -lrb- acting -rrb- michael noonan - party: fine gael - spouse: finola bruton - predecessor: albert quinn alan dukes gene fitzgerald garret fitzgerald -lrb- acting -rrb- reynolds albert reynolds denis farrelly gunter burghardt bertie ahern bertie ahern ruairi - office: taoiseach of the opposition minister for the public service minister for european finance minister for industry , trade , commerce and tourism union minister for industry and energy teachta dala ambassador to the united states leader - term end: 26 15 december 1994 10 march 1987 10 march 1987 9 june march 1982 14 february 1986 13 december 1983 24 november 1997 2004 31 october 2009 9 february 2001 - constituency: meath - term start: 15 20 november 1990 20 january 1987 14 february 1986 30 december june 1981 13 december 1983 14 december 1982 18 june 1994 1969 24 november 2004 26 june 1997 - birth date: 18 may 1947 - name: john bruton - children: 4 - image: john bruton.jpg - birth place: dunboyne , ireland - religion: roman catholicism - alma mater: university college dublin Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john bruton .
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john gerard bruton -lrb- born 18 may 1947 -rrb- is an irish politician who served as taoiseach of ireland from 1994 to 1997 .a minister under two taoisigh , liam cosgrave and garret fitzgerald , bruton held a number of the top posts in irish government , including minister for finance -lrb- 1981 -- 1982 and 1986 -- 1987 -rrb- , and minister for industry , trade , commerce and tourism -lrb- 1983 -- 1986 -rrb- .he became leader of fine gael in 1990 and served as taoiseach from 1994 until 1997 , leading the rainbow coalition government of fine gael -- labour party -- democratic left .bruton was first elected to dail Eireann as a td for meath in 1969 , and served continuously until his retirement from domestic politics in 2004 .he served as the ambassador of the european union to the united states from 2004 -- 2009 , and is a former vice-president of the european people 's party -lrb- epp -rrb- .