biography
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| lived:
| (1933– )
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| biography:
| Irish statesman and prime minister (1992–4), born in Roosky, Co Roscommon, WC Ireland. He became an MP in 1977, and held several ministerial offices from 1979, including minister of finance (1988), under Charles Haughey, but was dismissed in 1991 after being involved in an attempt to gain Haughey's resignation. He became prime minister in the 1992 elections, but his party (Fianna Fáil) lost its majority, forcing the formation of a coalition with the Labour Party in 1993. He lost the support of the Labour Party in November 1994, and was forced to resign, although he remained as an MP. |
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