Read the bio below and try to give details on brendan smith -lrb- politician -rrb- 's: - successor - party - spouse - predecessor - office - term end - constituency - term start - birth date - name - birth place - alma mater Bio: brendan smith -lrb- born june 1956 -rrb- is an irish fianna fail politician . he has been a teachta dala -lrb- td -rrb- for the cavan -- monaghan constituency since 1992 . he previously served as the minister for agriculture , fisheries and food -lrb- 2008 -- 11 -rrb- and minister for justice and law reform -lrb- 2011 -rrb- . born in cavan in 1956 , smith was educated at bawnboy national school , st. camillus college -lrb- killucan , county westmeath -rrb- , and university college dublin , where he gained a bachelor of arts in politics and economics . for 15 years he worked as special advisor to the fianna fail politician and former tanaiste , john wilson . smith was first elected to dail Eireann at the 1992 general election for the cavan -- monaghan constituency and has been re-elected at every subsequent election . in the 28th dail , he was government whip on the oireachtas joint committee on foreign affairs . in bertie ahern 's 2004 cabinet reshuffle , smith was appointed as minister of state at the department of agriculture and food with special responsibility for food and horticulture . following the 2007 general election , smith became minister for children at the department of health and children succeeding brian_lenihan , jnr in that position . on 7 may 2008 , he was appointed as minister for agriculture , fisheries and food in brian cowen 's cabinet . in july 2010 smith launched the food harvest 2020 strategy . its overall target to increase the value of ireland 's agri-food and fisheries exports by $ 5bn to reach $ 12bn by 2020 . a september 2012 progress report on the food harvest 2020 strategy found that farmers and other primary producers had passed the halfway mark towards meeting their 2020 targets . in 2010 , during his term as minister for agriculture , he offered free cheese to ireland 's poor via a european union scheme that had been around since the 1980s . the public received smith 's announcement poorly and it was reported outside ireland as the country became '' a laughing stock...
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- successor is alan -lrb- agriculture , food and the marine -rrb- barry andrews shatter -lrb- justice and equality -rrb- simon coveney- party is fianna fail- spouse is anne mcgarry- predecessor is dermot ahern mary coughlan brian lenihan- office is minister , fisheries and food minister of state for children teachta for dala justice and law reform minister for agriculture- term end is 9 march 2011 9 march 2011 7 may 2008- constituency is cavan -- monaghan- term start is 20 november 1992 january 2011 7 may 2008 20 june 2007- birth date is 1 june 1956- name is brendan smith- birth place is cavan , ireland- alma mater is university college dublin