Frank Cluskey

Frank Cluskey ( Irish Proinsias Mac Bhloscaidh , born April 8, 1930 in Dublin , † May 7, 1989 ) was an Irish politician ( Labor Party ).

Cluskey began his political career in the Dublin Corporation , the City Council of Dublin (now Dublin City Council ), and held the office of Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1968 to 1969 . He was a member of the Dáil Éireann for the first time from 1965 to 1981 . During the 20th Dáil Éireann he was from March 14, 1973 to May 25, 1977 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Social Affairs Brendan Corish . From 1977 to 1981 he was chairman of the Irish Labor Party, but lost this post by his defeat in the 1981 elections for the 22nd Dáil Éireann. When MEP Michael O'Leary resigned from his mandate on June 30 of the same year , Cluskey replaced him in the European Parliament on July 1 . O'Leary in turn became the new leader of the Irish Labor Party.

In February 1982, Cluskey was re-elected to the Dáil Éireann. When the Irish Labor Party entered government after the November 1982 elections and Cluskey was to become Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism , he resigned from his post as MEP on December 14, 1982. On March 2, 1983, his party colleague Brendan Halligan moved up for him in the European Parliament. Cluskey was now ministerial until his resignation on December 8, 1983. After a successful re-election in 1987, he decided not to run again for a seat in the Dáil Éireann in 1989 for health reasons.

Web links

• Entry on the side of the Oireachtas
• Obituary on the Oireachtas website
• Entry on Frank Cluskey in the Members' database of the European Parliament