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Jack Lynch

1917 - 1999

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John Mary Lynch (15 August 1917 – 20 October 1999) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979. He was Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 to 1979, Leader of the Opposition from 1973 to 1977, Minister for Finance from 1965 to 1966, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1959 to 1965, Minister for Education 1957 to 1959, Minister for the Gaeltacht from March 1957 to June 1957, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Lands and Parliamentary Secretary to the Government from 1951 to 1954. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1948 to 1981. Lynch was the third leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 until 1979, succeeding Seán Lemass. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Jack Lynch is the 16,449th most popular politician (down from 15,787th in 2024), the 289th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 265th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jack Lynch ranks 16,449 out of 19,576. Before him are Miguel de San Román, Nabu-apla-iddina, Cory Booker, Ahmed al-Senussi, Georg Leber, and Nora Astorga. After him are Sigurd Ibsen, David Adeang, Roosevelt Skerrit, James Carlisle, Tomás Frías, and Michael Foot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Jack Lynch ranks 308. Before him are Oswald Karch, Rufus Thomas, Zagir Ismagilov, Tadd Dameron, Robert La Caze, and Jovdat Hajiyev. After him are George Newberry, Qaysin Quli, Manuel Alexandre, Pamela Brown, Walter Munk, and Vera Zorina. Among people deceased in 1999, Jack Lynch ranks 269. Before him are Necil Kazım Akses, Roberto Bussinello, Humberto Fernández-Morán, Arvo Viitanen, Enrique Hormazábal, and Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn. After him are Irving Rapper, Charles Brown, Zully Moreno, Augustus Pablo, Maigonis Valdmanis, and Leonid Sedov.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Jack Lynch ranks 289 out of 549. Before him are Milo O'Shea (1926), Mabel Cahill (1863), Eoin O'Duffy (1890), Nora Barnacle (1884), Brian Downey (1951), and John A. Costello (1891). After him are Gary Kelly (1974), John Connolly (1968), Michael Scott (1959), Tom Crean (1877), Charlie McGettigan (1950), and Róisín Murphy (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Jack Lynch ranks 47. Before him are Garret FitzGerald (1926), Charles Haughey (1925), W. T. Cosgrave (1880), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Cathal Brugha (1874), and John A. Costello (1891). After him are Albert Reynolds (1932), Peter Sutherland (1946), Thomas Fitzsimons (1741), William Hobson (1792), Richard Mulcahy (1886), and William J. Duane (1780).

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