Patrick Little

Patrick J. Little ( * June 17, 1884, † May 16, 1963 ) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

Biography

Little was the youngest of 13 children of Philip Francis Little, the first Prime Minister of Newfoundland and Labrador, and studied post-school law. After graduating, he worked as a solicitor and later as a journalist.

His political career began early on by his commitment to the Irish independence movement as well as his participation in the Easter Rising of 1916. 1927 he was a candidate of the Fianna Fáil for the first time MPs ( Teachta Dala ) of the lower house ( Dáil Éireann ) is selected and represented there by nine elections to 1954, the constituency of Waterford.

In February 1933 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, later Taoiseach and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and was thus except for short interruptions until September 1939 one of the closest collaborators of Éamon de Valera.

On September 27, 1939 Prime Minister de Valera appointed him as Minister of Posts and Telegraphs in his cabinet. This government office he held until the election defeat of Fianna Fáil and the end of the term de Valera on 18 February 1948.

When he is not reappointed in 1951 by de Valera in his new cabinet, he was 1951-1956 first chairman of the newly established Arts Council of Ireland (An Chomhairle Ealaíon ). 1954 Little waived on a bid again for the House and retired from the Dáil from.

His great- nephew Ciarán Cuffe is since 2002 also Teachta Dala and represents the Green Party in the House.