Thomas Derrig

Thomas Derrig ( Irish : Tomás Ó Deirg ; born November 26, 1897 in County Mayo , † November 19, 1956 in Dublin ) was an Irish politician of the Sinn Féin and the Fianna Fáil .

biography

After completing his studies, he worked as a teacher and most recently as rector and began his national political career as a candidate for Sinn Féin in 1921 with the first election as Member of Parliament ( Teachta Dála ) of the Lower House ( Dáil Éireann ), where he represented the constituency of Mayo North until 1923 and West . 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 .

In 1927 he was re-elected as a candidate for Fianna Fáil as a member of the House of Commons, and after ten re-elections he was a member until his death. First he represented the constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny , then from 1937 to 1948 Kilkenny and finally the constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny again until his death .

After the assumption of government by the Fianna Fáil he was appointed Minister of Education on March 9, 1932 by the chairman of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State Éamon de Valera and held the position until September 8, 1939. As part of a cabinet reshuffle, he was replaced by de Valera, who is now Prime Minister ( Taoiseach ) was appointed Minister of Lands on September 8, 1939 and held this office until July 2, 1943. At the same time, he was also Minister of Post and Telegraphy from September 8 to September 27, 1939.

In addition, he was again Minister of Education on June 18, 1940. This time he held this office until Fianna Fáil was defeated and de Valera's term in office ended on February 18, 1948.

After the re-electoral victory of Fianna Fáil, he was last from June 13, 1951 to June 2, 1954 again Minister for Land in the cabinet of Prime Minister de Valera.

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