Facts: - caption: pat rabbitte -lrb- left -rrb- - successor: alex white eamon gilmore michael smith - party: labour party - predecessor: pat carey ruairi quinn seamus brennan - office: teachta resources leader of the labour party minister of state for dala commerce , science and technology minister for communications , energy and natural - term end: 11 july 2014 6 september 2007 26 june 1997 - constituency: dublin south -- west - term start: june december 1994 1989 9 march 2011 25 october 2002 20 - birth date: 18 may 1949 - name: pat rabbitte - nationality: irish - image: pat rabbitte , michael d higgins , derek nolan.jpg - birth place: claremorris , county mayo , ireland - alma mater: university college galway Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of pat rabbitte .
pat rabbitte -lrb- born 18 may 1949 -rrb- is an irish labour party politician who was minister for communications , energy and natural resources from march 2011 to 11 july 2014 .he is a teachta dala -lrb- td -rrb- for the dublin south -- west constituency , and was the leader of the labour party from october 2002 to august 2007 .