Jim Fitzsimons
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James (Jim) Fitzsimons (born 16 December 1936) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
A publican from Navan, County Meath, who was educated at St. Patrick's Classical School, Navan, Fitzsimons was elected to the 21st Dáil as a TD for the Meath constituency on his first attempt at the 1977 general election and re-elected until retiring at the 1987 general election to concentrate on his European Parliament seat. He was succeeded in the Dáil by Noel Dempsey.
He briefly served as a Minster of State for Industry and Energy during the short-lived 1982 Haughey Government.
He was elected as a MEP in the 1984 elections and retained his seat for 20 years, until retiring at the 2004 elections.
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