Liam Kavanagh

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Liam Kavanagh (born 9 February 1935) is a former Irish Labour Party politician.^[1] He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency. He remained in the Dáil until losing his seat at the 1997 general election.^[2] He was appointed to the European Parliament on two occasions in 1973 and 1977 and he was elected to the parliament in 1979 for the Leinster constituency. He gave up his seat on being appointed a Minister in 1981.

Kavanagh is the nephew of James Everett, a former Labour Party cabinet minister. Liam Kavanagh also served as a member of the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly from 1990 to 1997 and the Semi-State Bodies Commission from 1987 to 1997, being Chairman from 1995 to 1997.

He was appointed to the Standards in Public Office Commission, on its establishment in December 2001.

His son Conal Kavanagh is a member of Wicklow County Council and Wicklow Town Council since 2004.

References

↑ "Mr. Liam Kavanagh". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
↑ "Liam Kavanagh". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

External links

European Parliament profile

Political offices
Preceded by Gene Fitzgerald	Minister for the Public Service 1981–1982	Succeeded by Gene Fitzgerald
		Succeeded by Gene Fitzgerald
Preceded by Tom Nolan	Minister for Labour 1981–1982
Preceded by Gene Fitzgerald	Minister for Labour 1982–1983	Succeeded by Ruairi Quinn
Preceded by Dick Spring	Minister for the Environment 1983–1986	Succeeded by John Boland
Preceded by Paddy O'Toole	Minister for Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry 1986–1987	Succeeded by Paddy O'Toole

v t e « 1977–1979 « Members of the European Parliament for Ireland (1979–1984) » 1984–1989 »

Connacht–Ulster	Neil Blaney (IFF / CDI) Seán Flanagan (FF / EPD) Joe McCartin (FG / EPP)

Dublin	Síle de Valera (FF / EPD) John O'Connell¹ (LAB / PES) Michael O'Leary² (LAB / PES) Richie Ryan (FG / EPP)

Leinster	Mark Clinton (FG / EPP) Liam Kavanagh³ (LAB / PES) Patrick Lalor (FF / EPD)

Munster	Jerry Cronin (FF / EPD) Noel Davern (FF / EPD) Eileen Desmond⁴ (LAB / PES) T. J. Maher (IND / LD) Tom O'Donnell (FG / EPP)

¹Subst. by John Horgan⁵ (LAB / PES) on 21 October 1981 ²Subst. by Frank Cluskey⁶ (LAB / PES) on 1 July 1981 ³Subst. by Séamus Pattison⁷ (LAB / PES) on 9 July 1981 ⁴Subst. by Seán Treacy (LAB / PES) on 9 July 1981

⁵Subst. by Flor O'Mahony (LAB / PES) on 2 March 1983 ⁶Subst. by Brendan Halligan (LAB / PES) on 2 March 1983 ⁷Subst. by Justin Keating (LAB / PES) on 8 February 1984

v t e « 1973–1977 « Members of the European Parliament for Ireland (1977–1979) » 1979–1984 »

Seán Brosnan (FF) Ruairí Brugha (FF) Michael Herbert (FF) Liam Kavanagh (LAB) Gerry L'Estrange (FG) Charles McDonald (FG) Tom Nolan (FF) Paddy Power (FF) Richie Ryan (FG) Michael Yeats (FF)

v t e « 1973 « Members of the European Parliament for Ireland (1973–1977) » 1977–1979 »

Donal Creed (FG) Thomas Dunne (FG) Jim Gibbons (FF) Michael Herbert (FF) Liam Kavanagh (LAB) Brian Lenihan (FF) Gerry L'Estrange (FG) Charles McDonald (FG) Tom Nolan (FF) Michael Yeats (FF)

v t e FitzGerald Cabinet (1981–82)

Taoiseach: Garret FitzGerald

Peter Barry John Boland John Bruton Patrick Cooney Eileen Desmond James Dooge Alan Dukes Tom Fitzpatrick Liam Kavanagh John Kelly Jim Mitchell Michael O'Leary Paddy O'Toole James Tully

v t e FitzGerald Cabinet (1982–87)

Taoiseach: Garret FitzGerald

Peter Barry John Boland John Bruton Frank Cluskey Patrick Cooney Austin Deasy Barry Desmond Alan Dukes Gemma Hussey Liam Kavanagh Jim Mitchell Michael Noonan Paddy O'Toole Ruairi Quinn Dick Spring

Persondata
Name	Kavanagh, Liam
Alternative names
Short description	Irish politician
Date of birth	9 February 1935
Place of birth
Date of death
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