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Garret FitzGerald

1926 - 2011

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Garret Desmond FitzGerald (9 February 1926 – 19 May 2011) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Garret FitzGerald is the 14,953rd most popular politician (up from 15,097th in 2019), the 234th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 233rd in 2019) and the 41st most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Garret FitzGerald ranks 14,953 out of 19,576. Before him are Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Ernestas Galvanauskas, Jean-Jacques Willmar, Femke Halsema, Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, and Cevdet Yılmaz. After him are Ismael Montes, Ruslan Khomchak, Jürgen Möllemann, Pencho Zlatev, Corneliu Mănescu, and Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.

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Among people born in 1926, Garret FitzGerald ranks 361. Before him are Leonie Rysanek, Kazuhiko Nishijima, Egisto Pandolfini, Ray McAnally, Ali Javan, and Keith Michell. After him are Metaksia Simonyan, Brita Borg, Pedro Dellacha, Uttam Kumar, Rosa Taikon, and Noemí Simonetto de Portela. Among people deceased in 2011, Garret FitzGerald ranks 313. Before him are Waldemar Baszanowski, John Shalikashvili, Ferenc Szojka, Andrzej Lepper, Oldřich Machač, and Georg Sterzinsky. After him are Mikhail Kozakov, Gonzalo Rojas, Juan Tuñas, Abderrahmane Mahjoub, Jacques Lataste, and Bronislovas Lubys.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Garret FitzGerald ranks 234 out of 549. Before him are William Stokes (1804), John Sealy Townsend (1868), John Philip Holland (1840), Willoughby Hamilton (1864), Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (1909), and Ray McAnally (1926). After him are Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Hugh O'Flaherty (1898), Richard Kirwan (1733), Michael William Balfe (1808), Henry Kellett (1806), and George Salmon (1819).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Garret FitzGerald ranks 41. Before him are Edward Bruce (1275), Enda Kenny (1951), Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), Liam Cosgrave (1920), and John Bruton (1947). After him are Charles Haughey (1925), W. T. Cosgrave (1880), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Cathal Brugha (1874), John A. Costello (1891), and Jack Lynch (1917).

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