Michael Begley
Michael Begley ( Irish Mícheál Ó Beaglaoich , * 22. August 1932 in Dingle , County Kerry ; † 26. March 2012 ) was an Irish politician of Fine Gael , twenty years the constituency Kerry South in Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Irish Parliament ( Oireachtas ), represented and temporarily took over "junior ministerial offices".
Life
Begley, who was a carpenter by profession , began his political career when he was elected to the County Kerry County Council for the Fine Gael in 1960 .
After being at the elections in 1965 and 1966 at a by-election ( by-election for the first time unsuccessfully) in the constituency Kerry South had running for a seat in the House of Commons, he was in the elections of June 18, 1969 as a deputy ( Member of Dáil Éireann ) in the Dáil Éireann elected and represented there until his defeat in the elections for Dáil Éireann in 1989 for twenty years the constituency of Kerry South .
On March 14, 1973, Begley was appointed Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government in the government of Prime Minister ( Taoiseach ) Liam Cosgrave . In the second half of Cosgrave's tenure he was from September 30, 1975 until the loss of the government majority to the Fianna Fáil of Jack Lynch on May 25, 1977 Parliamentary Secretary in the Treasury.
After the Fine Gael and the Irish Labor Party formed a coalition government under the leadership of Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald after the 1981 elections to Dáil Éireann in 1981 , Begley was appointed and retained the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Tourism Office until the end of FitzGerald's term on March 9, 1982.
After his departure from the House of Commons in 1989, Begley, who was involved in Dingle in the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), largely withdrew from political life after his candidacy for a seat in the Senate ( Seanad Éireann ) for the workforce group failed was.
Web links
- Entry on the Oireachtas homepage
- Entry on Elections Ireland
- Death of former TD Michael Begley . In: Irish Examiner of March 27, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Begley, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ó Beaglaoich, Mícheál |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dingle , County Kerry |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 2012 |
| Place of death | Dingle , County Kerry |