Peter Barry

Peter Barry ( ir Peadar de Barra, born August 10, 1928 in Cork, County Cork) is an Irish politician (Fine Gael, "Family of the Irish ").

Family and career

The son of businessman and Dáil Éireann deputies Anthony Barry was named after the school principal shareholder of the family business, Barry 's Tea.

Political career

Member of Parliament 1969-1997

Barry began his political career in 1969 with the election to the Dáil Éireann ( " Assembly of Ireland " ), the First Chamber of the Irish Parliament. There he represented until 1997, the interests of the constituency of Cork Fine Gael. June 1970 he was elected Lord Mayor elected ( " Mayor " ) from Cork and held that post until June 1971. When he retired from political life in 1997, his daughter Deirdre Clune was elected as his successor in the First Chamber.

Minister

After the electoral victory of the Fine Gael Taoiseach appointed him ( " Minister " ) Liam Cosgrave on 14 March 1973 Minister for Transport and Energy. Subsequently, he was Minister of Education from 1976 to 1977.

After the electoral defeat of the Fine Gael against the long-time ruling party Fianna Fáil in 1977, Barry 1979 Deputy Chairman of the Fine Gael Garret FitzGerald. As this was the first time the Taoiseach on 30 June 1981, Barry took over the Ministry of Environment to 9 March 1982.

After re- election victory of Fine Gael, he was on 14 December 1982 to March 10, 1987 Irish Foreign Minister in the coalition government between Fine Gael under FitzGerald and the Irish Labour Party ( " Irish Labour Party "). In this role he was also " foreign minister" of the European Communities in the second half of 1984. On November 15, 1985, he was one of the main actors to negotiate the Anglo-Irish Agreement, the Republic of Ireland conceded a certain say in the administration of Northern Ireland, but on the other hand, recognized the status of Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom. Under the agreement, he was also the first chairman of the Joint Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. When the Irish Labour Party January 20, 1987 left the ruling coalition, Barry was for less than two months nor Tánaiste ( " Deputy Prime Minister ").

Following the resignation of FitzGerald as Chairman of the Fine Gael candidate Barry alongside John Bruton unsuccessfully against Alan Dukes for the post of party chairman.

Biographical sources and background information

Constituency results of Peter Barry 1969-1997

Teachta Dala
Tánaiste
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ireland )
Lord Mayor of Cork
Member of the Fine Gael
Irishman
Born in 1928
Man

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