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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 Fine Gael politician who served as the president of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932, leader of the Opposition in both the Free State and Ireland from 1932 to 1944, leader of Fine Gael from 1934 to 1944, founder and leader of Fine Gael's predecessor, 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 a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kilkenny North constituency from 1918 to 1922.While Cosgrave never officially held the office of Taoiseach (the current title of Ireland's prime minister, created in 1937), Ireland considers him to be its first Taoiseach due to having been the Free State's first head of government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. T. Cosgrave has received more than 429,346 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. W. T. Cosgrave is the 14,673rd most popular politician (down from 13,091st in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 227th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 14,673 out of 15,577Before him are Dimitar Stanchov, Carlos Dávila, Joaquín Jovellar y Soler, Joe Arpaio, Enrico Mizzi, and Juan Bautista Egusquiza. After him are Juan Esteban Montero, Ignacio de Veintemilla, Rafał Trzaskowski, Eochaid Buide, Jean-Pierre Bemba, and Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 180Before him are Eric Carlberg, Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, Nils Widforss, Dorothea Köring, Herman Glass, and Fred Alexander. After him are Vilhelm Carlberg, George Herriman, Rudolf Cvetko, Charles King, Vladimir Sukachev, and Damon Runyon. Among people deceased in 1965, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 178Before him are Aimée Antoinette Camus, William Petersson, Bill Black, Sulamith Goldhaber, Renzo Minoli, and Everett Sloane. After him are Frances Perkins, Harry Babcock, Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh, Mary Boland, William Hogenson, and Joaquín Vázquez.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 261 out of 501Before him are Stephen Roche (1959), Patrick O'Connell (1887), Tom Crean (1877), Geraldine Somerville (1967), Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779), and Aidan Turner (1983). After him are Garret FitzGerald (1926), Terence MacSwiney (1879), Thomas Romney Robinson (1792), Liam Brady (1956), Charles Haughey (1925), and John Connolly (1968).

Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 38Before him are Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Liam Cosgrave (1920), and Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110). After him are Garret FitzGerald (1926), Charles Haughey (1925), John A. Costello (1891), Peter Sutherland (1946), Cathal Brugha (1874), and Mairead McGuinness (1959).