Brian Lenihan, Snr
| Brian Lenihan | |
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| Tánaiste | |
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In office 10 March 1987 – 31 October 1990 |
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| Taoiseach | Charles Haughey |
| Preceded by | Peter Barry |
| Succeeded by | John Wilson |
| Minister for Defence | |
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In office 12 July 1989 – 31 October 1990 |
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| Taoiseach | Charles Haughey |
| Preceded by | Michael J. Noonan |
| Succeeded by | Brendan Daly |
| Minister for Agriculture | |
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In office 9 March 1982 – 14 December 1982 |
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| Taoiseach | Charles Haughey |
| Preceded by | Alan Dukes |
| Succeeded by | Austin Deasy |
| Minister for Fisheries | |
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In office 5 July 1977 – 12 December 1979 |
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| Taoiseach | Jack Lynch |
| Preceded by | Paddy Donegan |
| Succeeded by | Paddy Power |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 10 March 1987 – 12 July 1989 |
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| Taoiseach | Charles Haughey |
| Preceded by | Peter Barry |
| Succeeded by | Gerry Collins |
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In office 12 December 1979 – 30 June 1981 |
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| Taoiseach | Charles Haughey |
| Preceded by | Michael O'Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | John Kelly |
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In office 3 January 1973 – 14 March 1973 |
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| Taoiseach | Jack Lynch |
| Preceded by | Michael O'Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | John Kelly |
| Minister for Transport and Power | |
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In office 2 July 1969 – 3 January 1973 |
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| Taoiseach | Jack Lynch |
| Preceded by | Erskine Childers |
| Succeeded by | Michael O'Kennedy |
| Minister for Education | |
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In office 26 March 1968 – 2 July 1969 |
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| Taoiseach | Jack Lynch |
| Preceded by | Jack Lynch |
| Succeeded by | Pádraig Faulkner |
| Minister for Justice | |
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In office 3 November 1964 – 26 March 1968 |
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| Taoiseach |
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| Preceded by | Seán Lemass |
| Succeeded by | Micheál Ó Móráin |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Justice | |
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In office 11 October 1961 – 3 November 1964 |
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| Taoiseach | Seán Lemass |
| Preceded by | Charles Haughey |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Lands | |
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In office 11 October 1961 – 3 November 1964 |
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| Taoiseach | Seán Lemass |
| Preceded by | New position |
| Succeeded by | George Colley |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office June 1977 – November 1995 |
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| Constituency | Dublin West |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office June 1969 – June 1973 |
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| Constituency | Roscommon-Leitrim |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office October 1961 – June 1969 |
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| Constituency | Roscommon |
| Senator | |
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In office 1 June 1957 – 22 May 1961 |
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In office 12 March 1973 – 26 June 1977 |
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| Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Brian Patrick Lenihan 17 November 1930 Dundalk, Louth, Ireland |
| Died | 1 November 1995 (aged 64) Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Devine (m. 1958; d. 1995) |
| Children | 7 |
| Parents |
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| Alma mater | University College Dublin (UCD) |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Brian Patrick Lenihan (17 November 1930 – 1 November 1995) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, who served in a range of cabinet positions, most notably as Tánaiste (deputy Prime Minister), Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Justice.
Lenihan sat for many years as a Fianna Fáil representative in both houses of the Irish parliament, Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann. He served numerous terms as a government minister, was appointed Tánaiste in 1987, and stood unsuccessfully for the Irish presidency in 1990.
He was a member of a family political dynasty; his father, Patrick Lenihan, and sister both followed him into Dáil Éireann; his sister Mary O'Rourke sitting in cabinet with him. Two of his sons, Brian Lenihan, Jnr and Conor Lenihan, became TDs in the 1990s. Brian Lenihan, Jnr served as Minister for Finance and Conor was Minister of State in the government of Taoiseach Brian Cowen. Two phrases associated with him, No problem and On mature recollection, entered the Irish political lexicon.
Born in Dundalk, County Louth, Lenihan was the son of Patrick Lenihan and Anne Scanlon. His father had been active in the Old IRA and saw action during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. He had been an admirer of Michael Collins and took the pro-Treaty side in 1922 before later returning to his studies and qualifying as a teacher.
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