Frederick H. Boland

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Frederick H. Boland

Frederick Henry Boland (born January 31, 1904 in Dublin , † December 4, 1985 ibid) was an Irish diplomat and politician .

After studying in Ireland and the United States , Boland entered his country's diplomatic service in 1929. From 1932 to 1934 he was First Secretary at the Irish Mission in Paris . From 1936 to 1950 he was department head in various ministries until he finally became the first representative of the Irish Republic with the rank of ambassador in London .

From 1956 to 1961 he was also the first Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations in New York City . In 1960 he was elected President of the UN General Assembly for the 1960/1961 electoral term. During his presidency he had to call Khrushchev to rest in his legendary “ shoe speech ” before the general assembly.

In 1963 he retired from the diplomatic service. Boland was first Chancellor of the University of Dublin and later a director of the Irish subsidiary of IBM .

Frederick H. Boland was married and had five children, one of whom is the Irish poet Eavan Boland (* 1944).

Honors

Boland was honored with a 60 cent Irish postage stamp from a series of four stamps in 2005 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Republic of Ireland's accession to the United Nations.

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SURNAME Boland, Frederick H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boland, Frederick Henry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish diplomat and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1985
Place of death Dublin