Paschal Donohoe

About

Paschal is Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer of the World Bank Group. He is also Co-Chair of the 22nd International Development Association funding process. Through leadership of the Knowledge Bank sovereign and private clients receive solutions that can be used at scale, based on the best combination of expertise in regulations, technological advances, and development innovations. He is also responsible for the World Bank Group’s strategic engagement with governments, civil society, foundations and philanthropies. Paschal Donohoe served as Minister for Finance for Ireland and President of the Eurogroup until November 2025. He previously served as Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery, and Reform from 2022 to January 2025 . He was the Minister for Finance from June 2017 to December 2022, having been re-appointed to the role in June 2020. Minister Donohoe was elected President of the Eurogroup on 9 July 2020. He has been re-elected to this office on two occasions, commencing his third term in July 2025. He has served as the Irish Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. Paschal also held the position of Minister for European Affairs at the Department of An Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs. Paschal was first elected as a TD in February 2011 for the Dublin Central constituency. He was re-elected to Dáil Éireann on 3 occasions, resigning in November 2025. He has been a member of the Public Accounts, EU Affairs and Transport Committees. Paschal also chaired the ‘Ireland’s Future in Europe’ Parliamentary Committee. He was a member of Seanad Éireann () and also served as member of Dublin City Council (). Before entering political life he worked in Sales and Marketing for Procter & Gamble. He is a graduate of the Trinity College Dublin, with a degree in Politics and Economics and attended St. Declan’s Christian Brothers School. In 2024 he was recognised as ‘European of the Year’ by the European Movement of Ireland. In 2025 he received the honour of ‘Chevalier Legion d’Honneur’ from the Government of France. He has also been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Economic Science by University College Cork, Ireland.