Jack Lynch
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"John Mary "Jack" Lynch" was the Taoiseach of Republic of Ireland/Ireland, serving two terms in office; from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979.

Lynch was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork in 1948, and was re-elected at each general election until his retirement in 1981. He previously served as Minister for Finance (Ireland)/Minister for Finance (1965–1966), Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation/Minister for Industry and Commerce (1959–1965), Minister for Education and Skills/Minister for Education (1957–1959), Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs/Minister for the Gaeltacht (1957) and as a Minister of State (Ireland)/Parliamentary Secretary. He was the third leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 until 1979, succeeding the hugely influential Seán Lemass. Lynch was the last Fianna Fáil leader to secure (in 1977) an overall majority in the Dáil. Historian and journalist T. Ryle Dwyer has called him "the most popular Irish politician since Daniel O'Connell."

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