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Charles Haughey

1925 - 2006

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Charles James Haughey (; HAW-hee 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 served as cabinet minister in various portfolios from 1964 until his dismissal during the Arms Crisis in 1970, and again from 1977 to 1979. He was leader of Fianna Fáil from 1979 to 1992. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1957 to 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Haughey is the 15,306th most popular politician (up from 15,342nd in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 241st in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Haughey ranks 15,306 out of 19,576. Before him are Francisco Javier Echeverría, Gianfranco Terenzi, Mike Rogers, Rossana Rossanda, Denzil Douglas, and Timoleón Jiménez. After him are Antonios Pepanos, Joe Crowley, Xiang Jingyu, Laodice of Macedonia, Peder Kolstad, and Robert J. Walker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Charles Haughey ranks 394. Before him are Jean Cau, Rosemary Murphy, Miiko Taka, Carla Del Poggio, Andrei Eshpai, and Álvaro Magaña. After him are Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, Pasieguito, Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas, Janet Rowley, Burkhard Heim, and Vera Vasilyeva. Among people deceased in 2006, Charles Haughey ranks 278. Before him are Alan Shugart, Lyubov Polishchuk, Mario Francesco Pompedda, György Faludy, Gordon Parks, and Robert Earl Jones. After him are Ondina Valla, Ion Drîmbă, Liese Prokop, Ted Grant, Aron Gurevich, and Ruth Brown.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Charles Haughey ranks 247 out of 549. Before him are Michael McElhatton (1963), Lena Rice (1866), Ronnie Drew (1934), Joe Kelly (1913), Oliver Plunkett (1625), and Alicia Boole Stott (1860). After him are Joshua Pim (1869), John Joly (1857), Agnes Mary Clerke (1842), W. T. Cosgrave (1880), Finnian of Clonard (470), and Brian Kerr (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Charles Haughey ranks 42. Before him are Enda Kenny (1951), Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), Liam Cosgrave (1920), John Bruton (1947), and Garret FitzGerald (1926). After him are W. T. Cosgrave (1880), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Cathal Brugha (1874), John A. Costello (1891), Jack Lynch (1917), and Albert Reynolds (1932).

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