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Eamon De Valera

Éamon de Valera
Éamon de Valera.jpg
De Valera, photographed c. 1922–30
3rd President of Ireland
In office
25 June 1959 – 24 June 1973
Taoiseach
Preceded by Seán T. O'Kelly
Succeeded by Erskine H. Childers
Taoiseach
In office
20 March 1957 – 23 June 1959
President Seán T. O'Kelly
Tánaiste Seán Lemass
Preceded by John A. Costello
Succeeded by Seán Lemass
In office
13 June 1951 – 2 June 1954
President Seán T. O'Kelly
Tánaiste Seán Lemass
Preceded by John A. Costello
Succeeded by John A. Costello
In office
29 December 1937 – 18 February 1948
President
Tánaiste
  • Seán T. O'Kelly
  • Seán Lemass
Preceded by Himself as President of the Executive Council
Succeeded by John A. Costello
Leader of the Opposition
In office
2 June 1954 – 20 March 1957
President Seán T. O'Kelly
Taoiseach John A. Costello
Preceded by John A. Costello
Succeeded by John A. Costello
In office
18 February 1948 – 13 June 1951
President Seán T. O'Kelly
Taoiseach John A. Costello
Preceded by Richard Mulcahy
Succeeded by John A. Costello
In office
11 August 1927 – 9 March 1932
President Douglas Hyde
Taoiseach W.T. Cosgrave
Preceded by Thomas Johnson
Succeeded by W. T. Cosgrave
Leader of Fianna Fáil
In office
23 March 1926 – 23 June 1959
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Seán Lemass
President of the Executive Council
In office
9 March 1932 – 29 December 1937
Vice President Seán T. O'Kelly
Preceded by W. T. Cosgrave
Succeeded by Himself as Taoiseach
President of the Irish Republic
In office
26 August 1921 – 9 January 1922
Preceded by Himself as President of Dáil Éireann
Succeeded by Arthur Griffith
President of Dáil Éireann
In office
1 April 1919 – 26 August 1921
Preceded by Cathal Brugha
Succeeded by Himself as President of the Republic
Teachta Dála
In office
August 1922 – June 1959
Constituency Clare
In office
December 1918 – June 1922
Constituency Clare East
Member of Parliament
for East Clare
In office
10 July 1917 – 15 November 1922
Preceded by Willie Redmond
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born George de Valero
(1882-10-14)14 October 1882
New York City, New York, U.S.
Died 29 August 1975(1975-08-29) (aged 92)
Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
Resting place Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Political party Fianna Fáil
Other political
affiliations
Cumann na Poblachta (1922–23)
Sinn Féin (1916–22, 1923–26)
Spouse(s) Sinéad de Valera (m. 1910; d. 1975)
Children
Parents
Alma mater Royal University of Ireland
Profession Teacher
Religion Roman Catholicism
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Éamon de Valera (/ˈmən dɛvəˈlɛrə/; first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was a prominent politician and statesman in twentieth-century Ireland. His political career spanned over half a century, from 1917 to 1973; he served several terms as head of government and head of state. He also led the introduction of the Constitution of Ireland.

De Valera was a commander in the 1916 Easter Rising, a political leader in the War of Independence and of the anti-Treaty opposition in the ensuing Irish Civil War (1922–1923). After leaving Sinn Féin in 1926 due to its policy of abstentionism, he founded Fianna Fáil, and was head of government (President of the Executive Council, later Taoiseach) from 1932 to 1948, 1951 to 1954, and 1957 to 1959, when he resigned after being elected as President of Ireland. His political creed evolved from militant republicanism to social and cultural conservatism.

Assessments of de Valera's career have varied; he has often been characterised as a stern, unbending, devious, and divisive Irish politician. Biographer Tim Pat Coogan sees his time in power as being characterised by economic and cultural stagnation, while Diarmaid Ferriter argues that the stereotype of de Valera as an austere, cold and even backward figure was largely manufactured in the 1960s and is misguided.


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