Pádraig Flynn
| Pádraig Flynn | |
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| European Commissioner for Social Affairs | |
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In office 1993–1999 |
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| President |
Jacques Delors Jacques Santer |
| Preceded by | Vasso Papandreou (Greece) |
| Succeeded by | Anna Diamantopoulou (Greece) |
| Irish European Commissioner | |
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In office 1993–1999 |
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| President |
Jacques Delors Jacques Santer |
| Preceded by | Ray MacSharry |
| Succeeded by | David Byrne |
| Minister for Industry and Commerce | |
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In office 11 February 1992 – 12 January 1993 |
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| Taoiseach | Albert Reynolds |
| Preceded by | Desmond O'Malley |
| Succeeded by | Bertie Ahern |
| Minister for Justice | |
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In office 11 February 1992 – 12 January 1993 |
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| Taoiseach | Albert Reynolds |
| Preceded by | Ray Burke |
| Succeeded by | Máire Geoghegan-Quinn |
| Minister for the Environment | |
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In office 10 March 1987 – 3 April 1991 |
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| Taoiseach | Charles Haughey |
| Preceded by | John Boland |
| Succeeded by | John Wilson |
| Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism | |
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In office 11 October 1982 – 14 December 1982 |
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| Taoiseach | Charles Haughey |
| Preceded by | Paddy Power |
| Succeeded by | Frank Cluskey |
| Minister for the Gaeltacht | |
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In office 9 March 1982 – 11 October 1982 |
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| Taoiseach | Charles Haughey |
| Preceded by | Paddy O'Toole |
| Succeeded by | Denis Gallagher |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office June 1977 – June 1994 |
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| Constituency | Mayo West |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 May 1939 Castlebar, Mayo, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Flynn |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | St Patrick's College of Education |
Pádraig Flynn (born 9 May 1939) is a former Irish politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) in 1977. He was returned at each subsequent election until 1993. During this time he served as Minister for the Gaeltacht (1982), Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism (1982), Minister for the Environment (1987–91), Minister for Justice (1992–93) and Minister for Industry and Commerce (1992–93). Flynn served as European Commissioner from 1993 until 1999. The Mahon Tribunal cited him as "corrupt" in its 2012 report, prompting him to resign from the Fianna Fáil party before he could be expelled.
Flynn was born in Castlebar, County Mayo. He is the son of Patrick and Anne Flynn. He was educated in St. Gerald's College, Castlebar and qualified as a teacher from St Patrick's College of Education in Dublin. His mother owned a small shop in Castlebar. He was married in 1963 to Dorothy and they have four children – one son and three daughters. One daughter, Beverley Flynn was also a Fianna Fáil politician.
He first held political office in 1967 when he became a member of Mayo County Council. Ten years later, at the 1977 general election, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Mayo West constituency. On the day the 21st Dail convened in Leinster House, Frank Dunlop described Flynn's encounter with the then Taoiseach Jack Lynch:
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