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Charles Haughey

1925 - 2006

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Charles James Haughey (16 September 1925 – 13 June 2006) was an Irish politician who served as Taoiseach three times between 1979 and 1992, when he was leader of Fianna Fáil. Over a forty-year career, Haughey was the most complex and divisive figure in late 20th-century Ireland. After his retirement, the disclosure of millions of pounds in secret payments from businessmen damaged his reputation. From a working-class Dublin family with roots in Ulster, Haughey entered politics in the 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Haughey is the 15,329th most popular politician (up from 15,335th in 2024), 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, Charles Haughey ranks 15,329 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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