biography
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Lynch, Jack
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popular name of John Lynch
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| male
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| lived:
| (1917–99)
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| biography:
| Irish statesman and prime minister (1966–73, 1977–9), born in Cork, Co Cork, S Ireland. Following a career in the Department of Justice (1936), he was called to the bar (1945). Elected an MP in 1948, he held ministerial posts in lands (1951), the Gaeltacht (1957), education (1957–9), industry and commerce (1959–65), and finance (1965–6), before becoming prime minister. Perceived as a strong supporter of the Catholic minority in Ulster, he drew criticism from both Ulster and mainland Britain. He lost the premiership in 1973, regaining it four years later, but in 1979 resigned both the post and the leadership of Fianna Fáil. He retired from politics in 1981. |
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