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The Fine Gael leadership election of February 2001 was held to find a successor to John Bruton who resigned following a defeat in a motion of no confidence in his leadership of the party.Bruton who had been elected leader of the Fine Gael party in 1990 and had served as Taoiseach from 1994 until 1997 had faced several leadership heaves during his eleven-year tenure as leader.
