Seán MacEntee
| Seán MacEntee | |
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| Tánaiste | |
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In office 23 June 1959 – 21 April 1965 |
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| Taoiseach | Seán Lemass |
| Preceded by | Seán Lemass |
| Succeeded by | Frank Aiken |
| Minister for Social Welfare | |
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In office 27 November 1957 – 12 October 1961 |
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| Taoiseach | Seán Lemass |
| Preceded by | Paddy Smith |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Boland |
| Minister for Health | |
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In office 20 March 1957 – 21 April 1965 |
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| Taoiseach | Seán Lemass |
| Preceded by | Tom O'Higgins |
| Succeeded by | Donogh O'Malley |
| Minister for Local Government and Public Health | |
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In office 18 August 1941 – 18 February 1948 |
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| Taoiseach | Éamon de Valera |
| Preceded by | Éamon de Valera |
| Succeeded by | Timothy J. Murphy |
| Minister for Industry and Commerce | |
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In office 16 September 1939 – 18 August 1941 |
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| Taoiseach | Éamon de Valera |
| Preceded by | Éamon de Valera |
| Succeeded by | Timothy J. Murphy |
| Minister for Finance | |
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In office 13 June 1951 – 2 June 1954 |
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| Taoiseach | Éamon de Valera |
| Preceded by | Patrick McGilligan |
| Succeeded by | Gerard Sweetman |
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In office 9 March 1932 – 16 September 1939 |
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| Taoiseach | Éamon de Valera |
| Preceded by | Ernest Blythe |
| Succeeded by | Seán T. O'Kelly |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office February 1948 – June 1969 |
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| Constituency | Dublin South-East |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office July 1937 – February 1948 |
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| Constituency | Dublin Townships |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office June 1927 – July 1937 |
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| Constituency | Dublin County |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office December 1918 – June 1922 |
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| Constituency | Monaghan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 August 1889 College Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 10 January 1984 (aged 94) Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Other political affiliations |
Sinn Féin (1918–26) |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Browne |
| Children | 3 |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Seán MacEntee (Irish: Seán Mac an tSaoi; 22 August 1889 – 10 January 1984) was an Irish politician. In a career that spanned over forty years as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála, MacEntee was one of the most important figures in post-independence Ireland. He served in the governments of Éamon de Valera and Seán Lemass in a range of ministerial positions, including Finance, Industry and Commerce, and Health. He was a member of every Fianna Fáil cabinet from 1932 to April 1965. He and Lemass introduced a protectionist policy from 1932 that is now considered a failure. He served as Tánaiste of Ireland from 1959 to 1965. At the time of his death, he was the last surviving member of the First Dáil.
Seán MacEntee was born in College Square, Belfast in 1889. He was educated at St Mary's Christian Brothers School, St. Malachy's College and the Belfast Municipal College of Technology where he qualified as an electrical engineer. His early political involvement was with the Irish Socialist Republican Party in Belfast city. Following his education MacEntee worked as an engineer in Dundalk, County Louth, and was involved in the establishment of a local corps of the Irish Volunteers in the town. He mobilised in Dundalk and fought in the General Post Office Garrison in the Easter Rising in 1916. He was sentenced to death for his part in the rising. This sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. MacEntee was released in the general amnesty in 1917, and was later elected a member of the National Executives of both Sinn Féin and the Irish Volunteers in October 1917. MacEntee was later elected Sinn Féin Member of Parliament (MP) for Monaghan South at the 1918 general election.
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