Hugh Coveney

Hugh Coveney ( Irish Aodh Ó Cómhanaigh ; * July 20, 1935 , † March 15, 1998 ) was an Irish politician of the Fine Gael .

biography

Coveney was originally a Certified Cost planning engineer (Chartered Quantity Surveyor) and director of several companies in Cork . He held the office of Lord Mayor of Cork (Lord Mayor of Cork) from 1982 to 1983 .

He began his own political career in 1981 as a candidate for the Fine Gael with the first election to the deputy ( Teachta Dála ) of the lower house ( Dáil Éireann ). There he initially represented the constituency of Cork-South-Central , initially losing his mandate in March 1982. In December 1982, however, he was re-elected as a member. After another loss of office due to the 1987 election defeat, he was only re-elected as a member of the Dáil in a by -election on November 10, 1994, where he represented his old constituency of Cork-South-Central until his death .

Just one month after his return to the House of Commons, he was appointed Minister of Defense and Navy on December 15, 1994 by Prime Minister ( Taoiseach ) John Bruton . After almost six months in office, he resigned from this office on May 23, 1995 and instead became Minister of State with the Finance Minister the following day. He held this office until the end of Bruton's tenure on June 26, 1997. In the by-election made necessary by his death, his son Simon Coveney was elected to the House of Commons.

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