Frank Cluskey

Frank Cluskey (Irish Proinsias Mac Bhloscaidh, born April 8, 1930 in Dublin, † 7 May 1989) was an Irish politician ( Labour Party ).

Cluskey began his political career in the Dublin Corporation, the City Council of Dublin (now Dublin City Council ), where he held from 1968 to 1969, the Office of the Mayor (Lord Mayor of Dublin). He was a member from 1965 to 1981 for the first time the Dáil Éireann on. During the 20th Dáil Éireann, he was on March 14, 1973 to May 25, 1977 parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Social Affairs Brendan Corish. From 1977 to 1981 he was Chairman of the Irish Labour Party, but lost this position by his defeat at the polls in 1981 to 22 Dáil Éireann. As on 30 June of the same year, the MEP Michael O'Leary resigned his mandate, Cluskey drew for him on 1 July in the European Parliament after. O'Leary, in turn, became the new chairman of the Irish Labour Party.

In February 1982, Cluskey was re-elected to the Dáil Éireann. When it came to the elections in November 1982 to a government of the Irish Labour Party and Trade Minister Cluskey (Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism ) should be, he resigned on December 14, 1982 from his position as an MEP back. On March 2, 1983 his party colleague Brendan Halligan moved according to the European Parliament for him. Cluskey now exercised his ministerial position until his resignation on December 8, 1983. After a successful re-election in 1987 he resigned in 1989 for health reasons on a renewed candidacy for a seat in Dáil Éireann.