biography
| name: |
Haughey, Charles (James)
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pronunciation:
[hokhee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1925– )
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| biography:
| Irish statesman and prime minister (1979–81, 1982, 1987–92), born in Castlebar, Co Mayo, W Ireland. He studied at Dublin, was called to the bar in 1949, and became a Fianna Fáil MP in 1957. From 1961 he held posts in justice, agriculture, and finance, but was dismissed in 1970 after a quarrel with the prime minister, Jack Lynch. He was subsequently tried and acquitted on a charge of conspiracy to import arms illegally. After two years as minister of health and social welfare, he succeeded Lynch as premier in 1979, was in power again for a nine-month period in 1982, and defeated Garrett Fitzgerald in the 1987 election. He resigned after a phone-tapping scandal. |
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