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W. T. Cosgrave

1880 - 1965

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William Thomas Cosgrave (5 June 1880 – 16 November 1965) was an Irish politician who served as the President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932, Leader of the Opposition from 1932 to 1944, Leader of Fine Gael from 1934 to 1944, founder and leader of Cumann na nGaedheal, from 1923 to 1933, Chairman of the Provisional Government from August 1922 to December 1922, the President of Dáil Éireann from September 1922 to December 1922, the Minister for Finance from 1922 to 1923 and Minister for Local Government from 1919 to 1922. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1921 to 1944. He was also a Member of parliament (MP) for the Kilkenny North constituency from 1918 to 1922. His son, Liam, served as Taoiseach from 1973 to 1977. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. W. T. Cosgrave is the 15,380th most popular politician (down from 14,874th in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 225th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 15,380 out of 19,576. Before him are Eddie Baza Calvo, Nina Bang, Frauke Petry, Alexander Maltsev, Alexander II of Epirus, and Abol-Fath Khan Zand. After him are Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, Konstantin Stoilov, Renato Ruggiero, Oleksiy Fedorov, Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, and Isidro Ayora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 190. Before him are Vlastimil Tusar, Earle Page, Yordan Yovkov, Herman Glass, Pandurang Vaman Kane, and Charles King. After him are Paul Castanet, Arthur Dove, Alexandros Chalkokondylis, Vilhelm Carlberg, Julio C. Tello, and Marcel Van Crombrugge. Among people deceased in 1965, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 177. Before him are Lars Hanson, Arnold Luhaäär, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Daniel Frank, Nancy Carroll, and Harry Crerar. After him are John Cregan, Francisco Garza Gutiérrez, Geoffrey de Havilland, Carlos Scarone, Eric Brook, and Sida Košutić.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 251 out of 549. Before him are Oliver Plunkett (1625), Alicia Boole Stott (1860), Charles Haughey (1925), Joshua Pim (1869), John Joly (1857), and Agnes Mary Clerke (1842). After him are Finnian of Clonard (470), Brian Kerr (1953), Kevin Doyle (1983), Wolfe Tone (1763), Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet (1737), and Maeve Binchy (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 43. Before him are Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), Liam Cosgrave (1920), John Bruton (1947), Garret FitzGerald (1926), and Charles Haughey (1925). After him are James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Cathal Brugha (1874), John A. Costello (1891), Jack Lynch (1917), Albert Reynolds (1932), and Peter Sutherland (1946).

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