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POLITICIAN

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, 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.He was the third leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 until 1979, succeeding the hugely influential Seán Lemass. Lynch was the last party leader to secure (in 1977) an overall majority in the Dáil for his party. Historian and journalist T. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Lynch has received more than 352,999 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Lynch is the 15,801st most popular politician (down from 13,944th in 2019), the 329th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 280th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Irish Politician.

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  • 25

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jack Lynch ranks 15,801 out of 15,577Before him are Carl Levin, Cristóbal Montoro, Maria do Carmo Silveira, Patricia Espinosa, Zehava Gal-On, and Carl I. Hagen. After him are John Cornyn, Erkki Liikanen, Marcia Fudge, Silke Möller, David Marshall, and Nicole Bricq.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Jack Lynch ranks 293Before him are Walter Munk, Arthur Laurents, Margo, Kamal Ranadive, Robert La Caze, and Marcel Hansenne. After him are Robert Merrill, Audrey Totter, Denis Healey, W. T. Tutte, Laurie Scott, and Fannie Lou Hamer. Among people deceased in 1999, Jack Lynch ranks 271Before him are Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Hank Snow, Arvo Viitanen, Bailey Olter, Payne Stewart, and Gar Samuelson. After him are Harry Blackmun, Skip Spence, Hillary Brooke, Big L, Vere Bird, and Guy Mitchell.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Jack Lynch ranks 329 out of 501Before him are Mabel Cahill (1863), Stephen Gately (1976), William Smith O'Brien (1803), Nahum Tate (1652), Christy Moore (1945), and Duncan Hamilton (1920). After him are Dave Allen (1936), Geoffrey Keating (1569), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Shay Given (1976), Sheamus (1978), and Glen Hansard (1970).

Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Jack Lynch ranks 51Before him are William Paterson (1745), William Hobson (1792), Richard Mulcahy (1886), Albert Reynolds (1932), Joseph Plunkett (1887), and Seán Mac Diarmada (1883). After him are Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (1116), Seán Lemass (1899), John Bruton (1947), Edward Carson (1854), William J. Duane (1780), and John Redmond (1856).