Mark Killilea junior

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Mark Killilea, Jr. (born September 5, 1939 in Belclare near Tuam , County Galway , † December 31, 2018 ) was an Irish politician of the Fianna Fáil , who was a member of the Senate between 1969 and 1977 and again from 1982 to 1987 ( Seanad Éireann ) and was a member of the House of Commons ( Dáil Éireann ) between 1977 and 1982 . He was also temporarily Minister of State in the Ministry of Post and Telegraphy, and most recently from 1987 to 1999 a member of the European Parliament .

Life

Senator and MP

Killilea was the son of the farmer and Fianna Fáil politician Mark Killilea, Sr. , who was a member of the Dáil Éireann from 1927 to 1932 and from 1933 to 1961 and then from 1961 to 1969 a member of the Seanad Éireann. Like his father, he was also a farmer and became his successor on November 5, 1969, a member of the Seanad Éireann, in which he represented the workers' interest group until May 26, 1977.

Killilea ran for the Fianna Fáil in the elections of February 28, 1973 in the constituency of Galway North East without success for a mandate in the Dáil Éireann. In the elections of June 16, 1977 he was elected for the first time in the constituency of Galway East as a member of the Dáil Éireann ( Teachta Dála ) . He belonged to this after his re-election in the elections on June 11, 1981 until his defeat in the elections on February 18, 1982 , where he now represented the constituency of Galway West .

In the run-up to the resignation of Prime Minister ( Taoiseach ) Jack Lynch as chairman of Fianna Fáil, Killilea was part of the Gang of Five , along with Thomas McEllistrim, Jr. , Seán Doherty , Jackie Fahey and Albert Reynolds , who are to succeed Health Minister Charles J. Install Haughey as Lynch's successor. After Lynch's resignation on December 5, 1979, Haughey ran for the chairman election on December 7, 1979 against the previous Vice Prime Minister ( Tánaiste ) and Minister of Finance George Colley . Haughey finally won the election with just 44 to 38 votes and was then Lynch's successor as Prime Minister on December 11, 1979.

Minister of State and Member of the European Parliament

Killilea was then appointed by Prime Minister Haughey as Minister of State in the Ministry of Post and Telegraphy on December 13, 1979 and held this office until the end of Haughey's first term on June 30, 1981.

After he suffered a defeat in the elections on February 18, 1982 and lost his seat in the Dáil Éireann, he was again a member of the Senate on May 13, 1982 as a representative of the employees and was a member of this until December 21, 1982. In the elections of November 24, 1982 and February 17, 1987 , he reapplied for a mandate in the Dáil Éireann in the Galway West constituency , but missed re-entry into the lower house. Instead, he was nominated again on February 23, 1983 for the Senate, to which he belonged as a representative of the workers.

Subsequently, Killilea renounced his further membership in the Senate after he had become a member of the European Parliament on March 25, 1987 as the successor to Ray MacSharry . In the European elections in 1989 and 1994 he was re-elected for Connaught Ulster and was a member of the European Parliament in the second , third and fourth legislative periods. He decided not to run again in the 1999 European elections and thus resigned from the European Parliament on July 19, 1999. From July 26, 1989 to January 14, 1992, he was Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development. He was also a member and deputy member of various committees and delegations of the European Parliament.

During his membership in the European Parliament, he initially joined the parliamentary group of the European Democrats , whose treasurer he was from July 19, 1994 to July 4, 1995. From July 5, 1995 to July 19, 1999, he was treasurer of the resulting Union for Europe group . His last position was between January 15, 1997 and July 19, 1999, Quaestor in the Bureau of the European Parliament .

Private

Mark Killilea left behind his wife and seven children; another son died in a traffic accident in 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cormac McQuinn: Late Fianna Fail TD remembered as highly respected public representative. Independent, December 31, 2018, accessed January 3, 2019
  2. ↑ Mark Killilea, Sr. on the Oireachtas homepage
  3. ^ Mark Killilea, Sr. at electionsireland.org
personal data
SURNAME Killilea, Mark Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish politician (Fianna Fáil)
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Belclare, County Galway
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 2018