Dick Spring

Richard " Dick" Spring ( Irish: Risteard Mac to Earraigh; born August 29, 1950 in Tralee, County Kerry) is an Irish politician of the Irish Labour Party.

Professional and sports career

He was for a time worked as a barrister After studying law at King's Inn. Today Spring is an international law consultant to a law firm in Washington, DC and board member of a communication society.

In addition, he was in the 1970 Rugby Player at Munster Rugby and London Irish. In 1979 he was a member of the Irish Rugby Union Team.

Political career

Member of Parliament

Spring began his political career in 1981 with the election of deputies of the lower house ( Dáil Éireann ). There he represented until 2002, the interests of the Irish Labour Party in the constituency Kerry North. In this constituency, he succeeded his father Dan Spring, who was Member of Parliament since 1943. He was also in the coalition government of Fine Gael and the Labour Party under Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald dated 30 June 1981 to 9 March 1982 Minister of State with special responsibility for judicial reform.

Leader of the Labour Party and the majority buyer

In 1982 Spring was Leader of the Labour Party, and together with the Fine Gael on 14 December 1982, a coalition government. In the cabinet of Garret FitzGerald, he was Deputy Prime Minister ( Tánaiste ) and first Minister of the Environment ( 1982-1983 ) and later Secretary of Energy ( 1983-1987 ). In this role, he was Chairman of the 1984 Council of Energy Ministers of the European Communities ( EC). January 20, 1987 However, the Labour Party left the coalition government because of the budget crisis. In the subsequent election for the lower house was subject to the Fine Gael of Fianna Fáil, and also the show itself drew only just by a margin of four votes again in the parliament.

In the parliamentary elections of 1992, the Labour Party was its seats from 15 to 33 more than doubled. On January 12, 1993, the Labour Party was formed with the Fianna Fáil a coalition government, and Prime Minister Albert Reynolds called Spring again for Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs at the same time. After a disagreement with Reynolds regarding the nomination of the President of the Supreme Court of Spring left with his Labour Party on 17 November 1994, the coalition government.

After the subsequent general election, the Labour Party was formed again with the Fine Gael a coalition government. The current Prime Minister John Bruton called Spring on 15 December 1994 as well as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. In this capacity he was in the second half of 1996 and President of the Council of the European Union.

During his tenure as foreign minister Spring was involved in several negotiations to resolve the Northern Ireland conflict. On December 15, 1993, he accompanied Prime Minister Reynolds to sign the Downing Street Declaration, the British Prime Minister John Major. In addition, he was from 1993 to 1997 Vice- Chairman of the Irish- British Intergovernmental Conferences. Finally, he led the Irish delegation to negotiate the Good Friday Agreement, which was signed, however, until 15 April 1998.

Resignation as party chairman and loss of Parliament seat

In the parliamentary elections on 26 June 1997, the Labour Party, however, almost half of their five years earlier gained 33 seats lost again and was in Parliament, only 17 MPs ( Teachta Dala ) represented. After also the candidate of the Labour Party won only the fourth among five candidates in the presidential election in 1997 came back as Spring Leader of the Labour Party.

In the parliamentary elections of 2002 Spring eventually lost his seat in the Dáil Éireann itself against the constituency candidates of Sinn Féin.

Biographical sources and background information

  • Biography on the website of the UN
  • Biographical notes as a rugby player

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George Noble Plunkett | Arthur Griffith | George Gavan Duffy | Arthur Griffith | Michael Hayes | Desmond FitzGerald | Kevin O'Higgins | William Thomas Cosgrave | Patrick McGilligan | Éamon de Valera | Seán MacBride | Liam Cosgrave | Frank Aiken | Patrick Hillery | Brian Lenihan | Garret FitzGerald | Michael O'Kennedy | Brian Lenihan | John Kelly | James Dooge | Gerard Collins | Peter Barry | Brian Lenihan | Gerard Collins | David Andrews | Dick Spring | Albert Reynolds | Dick Spring | Ray Burke | David Andrews | Brian Cowen | Dermot Ahern | Micheál Martin | Brian Cowen | Eamon Gilmore

Michael O'Kennedy | George Colley | Michael O'Leary | Albert Reynolds | John Bruton | Dick Spring | Ray Burke | Michael Smith | Robert Molloy | Albert Reynolds | Brian Cowen | Charlie McCreevy | Enda Kenny | Jim McDaid | John O'Donoghue | Séamus Brennan | Martin Cullen | Mary Hanafin | Jimmy Deenihan

William Thomas Cosgrave | Ernest Blythe | Séamus Bourke | Richard Mulcahy | Seán Ó Ceallaigh | Patrick Ruttledge | Éamon de Valera | Seán MacEntee | Timothy J. Murphy | William Norton | Michael Keyes | Patrick Smith | Patrick O'Donnell | Patrick Smith | Neil Blaney | Kevin Boland | Robert Molloy | James Tully | Sylvester Barrett | Ray Burke | Peter Barry | Ray Burke | Dick Spring | Liam Kavanagh | John Boland | Flynn | John P. Wilson | Rory O'Hanlon | Michael Smith | Brendan Howlin | Noel Dempsey | Martin Cullen | Dick Roche | John Gormley | Éamon Ó Cuív | Phil Hogan

  • Lawyer ( United States)
  • Rugby union player (Ireland )
  • Teachta Dala
  • Tánaiste
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ireland )
  • Chairman of the Irish Labour Party
  • Born in 1950
  • Man
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