(1925-09-16)16 September 1925 Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
Died
13 June 2006(2006-06-13) (aged 80) Kinsealy, Dublin, Ireland
Resting place
St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton
Political party
Fianna Fáil
Spouse
Maureen Lemass
(m. 1951)
Children
4, including Seán
Relatives
Seán Lemass (father-in-law)
Education
St. Joseph's School
Alma mater
University College Dublin
King's Inns
Occupation
Accountant
barrister
politician
Website
Official website
Military service
Branch/service
Irish Army
Years of service
1941–1957
Unit
Army Reserve
Charles James Haughey (/ˈhɔːhi/;[1] 16 September 1925 – 13 June 2006) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who led four governments as Taoiseach: December 1979 to June 1981, March to December 1982, March 1987 to June 1989, and June 1989 to February 1992. He was also Minister for the Gaeltacht from 1987 to 1992, Leader of the Opposition from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1979 to 1992, Minister for Social Welfare and for Health from 1977 to 1979, Minister for Finance from 1966 to 1970, Minister for Agriculture from 1964 to 1966, Minister for Justice from 1961 to 1964 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Justice from 1959 to 1961. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1957 to 1992.[2]
Haughey was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD in 1957 and was re-elected at every election until 1992, representing successively the Dublin North-East, Dublin Artane and Dublin North-Central constituencies.
Haughey was the dominant Irish politician of his generation,[3] as well as the most controversial.[4] Upon entering government in the early 1960s, Haughey became the symbol of a new vanguard of Irish Ministers.[5] As Taoiseach, he is credited by some economists with starting the positive transformation of the economy in the late 1980s.[6] However, his career was also marked by several major scandals. Haughey was implicated in the Arms Crisis of 1970, which nearly destroyed his career. His political reputation revived, his tenure as Taoiseach was then damaged by the sensational GUBU Affair in 1982; his party leadership was challenged four times, each time unsuccessfully, earning Haughey the nickname "The Great Houdini".[4] Revelations about his role in a phone tapping scandal forced him to resign as Taoiseach and retire from politics in 1992.
After Haughey's forced retirement, further revelations of political corruption, embezzlement, tax evasion and a 27-year extra-marital affair further tarnished his already crumbling reputation and legacy.[7] He died of prostate cancer in 2006, aged 80.[8]
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