Desmond FitzGerald

Desmond FitzGerald ( Irish Deasún Mac Gearailt , born February 13, 1888 , † April 9, 1947 ) was an Irish politician and long-time minister.

biography

FitzGerald, who graduated with a degree in philosophy , began his political career in 1919 when he was elected member of the First Dáil . There he first represented the interests of Sinn Féin in the constituency of Dublin (Pembroke) and then from 1922 to 1932 of Cumann na nGaedheal in the constituency of Dublin County and from 1932 to 1937 in the constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny . After Cumann na nGaedheal was absorbed into the Fine Gael in 1933 , he sat for this party in parliament.

After Laurence Ginnell's arrest , he succeeded him on June 17, 1919 as Deputy Director of Propaganda of the First Dáil and held this post until February 11, 1921. From August 1921 to September 1922 he was Minister of Propaganda, with the exception of a two-day break Dáil governments of Éamon de Valera , Arthur Griffith and William Thomas Cosgrave .

Cosgrave appointed him foreign minister in his provisional government on September 9, 1922 and he then took over this office on the Executive Council led by Cosgrave from September 1923 to June 1927. As part of a government reshuffle, he was then defense minister in June 1927 as the successor to Peter Hughes on the Executive Council and held this post until de Valera took office on March 9, 1932.

In the elections for Dáil Éireann in 1937 he lost his lower house mandate, but was elected a member of the Senate ( Seanad Éireann ) the following year , in which he represented the group for the administration until 1943 . In 1943 he decided not to run for the Senate again.

Desmond FitzGerald is the father of two-time Prime Minister ( Taoiseach ) Garret FitzGerald .

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SURNAME	FitzGerald, Desmond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish politician, multiple minister
DATE OF BIRTH	February 13, 1888
DATE OF DEATH	April 9, 1947