Michael Begley (politician)

Michael Begley ( born August 22, 1932 in Dingle, County Kerry, † March 26, 2012 ) was an Irish politician of the Fine Gael, twenty years the constituency of Kerry South in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish Parliament ( Oireachtas ), represented and sometimes "Junior Ministers offices " took over.

Life

Begley, who was by trade a carpenter, his political career began in 1960 when he was selected for the Fine Gael member of the County Council of County Kerry.

After a candidate in the elections in 1965 and 1966 at a by-election ( By-election ) for the first time unsuccessfully in constituency Kerry South for a seat in the House of Commons, he was in the elections of 18 June 1969 MPs ( Teachta Dala ) in Dáil Éireann selected and represented there for twenty years until his defeat in the elections to Dáil Éireann in 1989 the constituency of Kerry South.

On March 14, 1973 Begley was appointed Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government in the government of Prime Minister ( Taoiseach ) Liam Cosgrave. In the second half of Cosgrave tenure, he was from 30 September 1975 to the loss of the government majority on the Fianna Fáil by Jack Lynch on May 25, 1977 Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Finance.

After the Fine Gael formed, along with the Irish Labour Party after the elections to Dáil Éireann in 1981 on 30 June 1981 under the leadership of Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald, a coalition government, Begley was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, and retained this office until the end of FitzGerald's term of office on 9 March 1982.

After retiring from the House of Commons in 1989, Begley, who was involved in Dingle in the Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) drew largely back after his candidacy for a seat in the Senate ( Seanad Éireann ) failed from political life for the group of workforce had.