George Colley

George Joseph Colley ( Irish : Seoirse Ó Colla ; born October 18, 1925 in Dublin , † February 17, 1983 in London ) was an Irish politician of the Fianna Fáil , Deputy Prime Minister ( Tánaiste ) and several ministers.

Life

George Colley began his political career in 1961 when he was first elected Member of the Lower House of the Irish Parliament ( Dáil Éireann ). There he represented the interests of Fianna Fáil .

In 1965 Prime Minister ( Taoiseach ) Seán Lemass appointed him for the first time as Minister of Education in a government. When Lemass announced his resignation from the office of prime minister in 1966, an inner-party conflict broke out, which ultimately led to Colley losing the election as party chairman and the previous finance minister Jack Lynch as a compromise candidate on November 10, 1966 for chairman of Fianna Fáil as well was elected Prime Minister. Lynch then appointed him important Minister for Industry and Trade. Within the Fianna Fáil he was often in opposition to Finance Minister Charles Haughey . This rivalry ultimately meant that Colley's own political career was partially affected.

When Haughey had to resign as finance minister on May 7, 1970 because of an illegal arms delivery, Colley succeeded him as finance minister on May 9, 1970 and held this office until the end of Prime Minister Lynch's term on March 14, 1973.

Four years later, the Fianna Fáil won a record election victory under its chairman Lynch, so that on July 5, 1977 he was again prime minister and Colley appointed deputy prime minister ( Tánaiste ) and again finance minister. When on December 11, 1979 Lynch resigned from the office of party chairman and prime minister, he again applied for the successor, but this time was defeated by the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Charles Haughey. Michael O'Kennedy succeeded him as Finance Minister on December 12, 1979, but he himself remained Deputy Prime Minister until the Fianna Fáil was defeated on June 30, 1981, and from January 1980 also Minister of Energy.

literature

John Henry Whyte: Ireland, 1966-82 . In: Theodore W. Moody, Francis Xavier Martin (eds.): The course of Irish history . Mercier Press, Cork, 17th ed. 1987, ISBN 0-85342-715-1 , pp. 342-361.

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Footnotes

^ John Henry Whyte: Ireland, 1966-82 . In: Theodore W. Moody, Francis Xavier Martin (eds.): The course of Irish history . Mercier Press, Cork, 17th ed. 1987, pp. 342-361, here p. 356.
^ John Henry Whyte: Ireland, 1966-82 . In: Theodore W. Moody, Francis Xavier Martin (eds.): The course of Irish history . Mercier Press, Cork, 17th ed. 1987, pp. 342-361, here p. 358.

personal data
SURNAME	Colley, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Colley, George Joseph; Ó Colla, Seoirse (Irish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 18, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dublin
DATE OF DEATH	17th February 1983
Place of death	London

[1] John Henry Whyte: Ireland, 1966-82 . In: Theodore W. Moody, Francis Xavier Martin (eds.): The course of Irish history . Mercier Press, Cork, 17th ed. 1987, pp. 342-361, here p. 356.

[2] John Henry Whyte: Ireland, 1966-82 . In: Theodore W. Moody, Francis Xavier Martin (eds.): The course of Irish history . Mercier Press, Cork, 17th ed. 1987, pp. 342-361, here p. 358.