James Dooge

James Clement Ignatius Dooge , Irish : Séamus Ó Dubhthaigh , (* July 1 (according to other sources: July 30 ) 1922 in Birkenhead , Cheshire , England ; † August 20, 2010 in Monkstown , Co. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown , Ireland ) was an Irish university professor , Fine Gael politician and briefly Irish Foreign Minister 1981/1982 .

biography

After graduation, Dooge was a full professor of engineering at the National University of Ireland .

Dooge also began a political career when he was elected to the Irish House of Lords ( Seanad Éireann ) as a candidate for Fine Gael in 1961 . First he represented the Labor Panel there until 1969 , then the Industrial and Commercial Panel until 1977 . From June 30, 1965 to 1969 he was Deputy Senate President (Leas-Chathaoirleach).

From 1973 to 1977 Dooge was finally President of the Senate ( Cathaoirleach ). In this capacity, he served twice during his tenure, on November 17th (death of Erskine Hamilton Childers ), alongside the Chairman of the House of Commons ( Ceann Comhairle ), Seán Treacy , and the President of the Supreme Court, Thomas F. O'Higgins . until December 19, 1974 and November 22 (withdrawal of Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh ) to December 3, 1976 member of the so-called Presidential Commission (Coimisiún na hUachtaránachta), which in the case of early withdrawal of a president to hold office until a new President , the Conducts official business of the head of state. In 1977 he renounced a new candidacy for the Senate.

From October 21, 1981 to March 9, 1982 he was a member of the government under Prime Minister ( Taoiseach ) Garret FitzGerald as Foreign Minister. In 1981 FitzGerald nominated him as a member of the Senate to enable a parliamentary connection. From 1984 to 1985 he headed the so-called Dooge Committee , which was supposed to work out proposals for an institutional reform of the European Communities . He was then a member of the Senate until 1987, this time representing the National University of Ireland as a candidate for Fine Gael. He then finally decided not to run for the Senate again. In 1994 he was accepted as a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences .

Honors

1983: International Hydrology Prize
1986: William Bowie Medal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU)
1999: International Meteorological Organization Prize of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
2005: Prince Philip Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering

literature

Hans-Jürgen Liebscher and Gert Schultz: In Memoriam James Dooge . In: Hydrology and Water Management, Volume 54, Issue 6, December 2010, Pages 380f.

Individual evidence

^ The Irish Times : Former minister for foreign affairs James Dooge (88) dies , August 21, 2010
^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. James Dooge. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed August 28, 2015 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Dooge, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dooge, James Clement Ignatius; Ó Dubhthaigh, Séamus (Irish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish politician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	Birkenhead , Cheshire
DATE OF DEATH	August 20, 2010
Place of death	Monkstown , Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown

[1] The Irish Times : Former minister for foreign affairs James Dooge (88) dies , August 21, 2010

[2] Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. James Dooge. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed August 28, 2015 .