Patrick Ruttledge

Patrick J. Ruttledge ( Irish Pádraig Ruithleis , * 1892 ; † May 8, 1952 ) was an Irish politician of the Sinn Féin and the Fianna Fáil .

biography

After attending school he studied law and worked as a solicitor after completing his studies .

He began his political career as a candidate for the Sinn Féin in 1921 with the election to the deputy ( Teachta Dála ) of the lower house ( Dáil Éireann ), to which he belonged as a representative of the constituency of Mayo North and West until 1923. Most recently, he was one of the opponents of this treaty ( Anti-Treaty ) within the Sinn Féin, which was split due to the Anglo-Irish Treaty , and therefore did not take his seat in parliament. He also did not take his seat after he was elected as a Republican to the Dáil for the electoral term from 1923 to 1926.

On March 23, 1926 he was one of the co-founders of Fianna Fáil and was again elected to the House of Commons. After taking his seat on August 12, 1927, after nine re-elections until his death, he represented the constituency of Mayo North .

On March 9, 1932, as Minister of Lands and Fisheries, he became a member of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State and took over the post of Justice Minister on February 8, 1933 after a government reshuffle. He also held this position in the first government of Prime Minister ( Taoiseach ) Éamon de Valera until September 8, 1939.

As part of a cabinet reshuffle, de Valera appointed him Minister of Local Administration and Public Health on September 8, 1939. Ruttledge resigned from this ministerial office on August 14, 1941.

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• Homepage of the Oireachtas
• Irish Ministeries (rulers.org)