Joseph Brennan (politician)

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Joseph Brennan ( Irish Seosamh Ó Braonáin ; * February 14, 1912 ; † July 13, 1980 ) was an Irish politician of the Fianna Fáil and Chairman ( Ceann Comhairle ) of the House of Commons ( Dáil Éireann ).

biography

Brennan, who was originally a merchant and auctioneer , began his political career when he was elected for the first time in 1951 as a candidate for the Fianna Fáil as a member of the House of Commons (Dáil Éireann). There he represented the interests of constituencies in County Donegal ; first from Donegal West , from 1961 to 1969 from Donegal South-West and finally from 1969 to 1977 from Donegal-Leitrim . He represented Donegal from 1977 until his death . Until 1977, the future House of Commons speaker Cormac Breslin was also a representative of these constituencies.

From July 1959 to October 1961 he was Parliamentary Secretary to Treasury Secretary James Ryan . Then he was until April 1965 not only Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister ( Taoiseach ) Seán Lemass , but also Parliamentary Secretary to Defense Minister Gerald Bartley and chief executive of the government faction in the lower house ( Government Chief Whip ). Prime Minister Lemass then appointed him Minister of Post and Telegraphy after the general election on April 21, 1965.

After Lemass' successor as Prime Minister, Jack Lynch , he became Minister of Social Welfare on November 10, 1966 and held this office until July 2, 1969. As part of a cabinet reshuffle, he then took over the post of Minister of Labor before he did on May 9, 1970 was again Minister for Social Welfare. He then held this office until the end of Lynch's tenure on March 14, 1973.

On July 5, 1977 Brennan then succeeded Seán Treacy Chairman (Ceann Comhairle) of the House of Commons (Dáil Éireann) and exercised the office of Speaker of Parliament until his death. Brennan was Ireland's first and so far only Speaker of Parliament to die in office. The by -election to fill the vacant seat in Dáil Éireann, which was made necessary by his death , was won by his party colleague Clement Coughlan .

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SURNAME Brennan, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ó Braonáin, Seosamh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1912
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 1980