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Garret FitzGerald
FitzGerald in 1975
8th Taoiseach
In office 14 December 1982 – 10 March 1987
President
Patrick Hillery
Tánaiste
Dick Spring
Peter Barry
Preceded by
Charles Haughey
Succeeded by
Charles Haughey
In office 30 June 1981 – 9 March 1982
Tánaiste
Michael O'Leary
Preceded by
Charles Haughey
Succeeded by
Charles Haughey
Leader of the Opposition
In office 10 March 1982 – 14 December 1982
President
Patrick Hillery
Taoiseach
Charles Haughey
Preceded by
Charles Haughey
Succeeded by
Charles Haughey
In office 5 July 1977 – 30 June 1981
Taoiseach
Jack Lynch
Charles Haughey
Preceded by
Jack Lynch
Succeeded by
Charles Haughey
Leader of Fine Gael
In office 1 July 1977 – 10 March 1987
Deputy
Peter Barry
Preceded by
Liam Cosgrave
Succeeded by
Alan Dukes
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 14 March 1973 – 5 July 1977
Taoiseach
Liam Cosgrave
Preceded by
Brian Lenihan
Succeeded by
Michael O'Kennedy
Teachta Dála
In office June 1969 – November 1992
Constituency
Dublin South-East
Senator
In office 23 June 1965 – 18 June 1969
Constituency
Industrial and Commercial Panel
Personal details
Born
(1926-02-09)9 February 1926 Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland
Died
19 May 2011(2011-05-19) (aged 85) Phibsborough, Dublin, Ireland
Resting place
Shanganagh Cemetery, Shankill, Dublin
Political party
Fine Gael
Spouse
Joan O'Farrell
(m. 1947; died 1999)
Relations
Eithne FitzGerald (daughter-in-law)
Children
3, including John
Parents
Desmond FitzGerald (father)
Mabel McConnell (mother)
Education
Belvedere College
Alma mater
University College Dublin
King's Inns
Occupation
Barrister
economist
journalist
lecturer
politician
Nickname
"Garret the Good"[1]
Garret Desmond FitzGerald (9 February 1926 – 19 May 2011) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, public intellectual, economist and barrister who served twice as Taoiseach, serving from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987. He served as Leader of Fine Gael from 1977 to 1987 and was twice Leader of the Opposition between 1977 and 1982; he was previously Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1977. FitzGerald served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1969 to 1992 and was a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 1965 to 1969.
He was the son of Desmond FitzGerald, the first foreign minister of the Irish Free State. At the time of his death, FitzGerald was president of the Institute of International and European Affairs[2] and a columnist for The Irish Times, and had made occasional appearances on television programmes.[3]
^Cite error: The named reference examiner-2011-05-20 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Think tank to put offices on the market". Irish Independent. 30 March 2011. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^Cowell, Alan (19 May 2011). "Garret FitzGerald, Ex-Irish Premier, Dies at 85". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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