Seán Lemass

Seán Lemass
Seán Lemass
	Lemass in 1966
4th Taoiseach
	In office; 23 June 1959 – 10 November 1966
President	Éamon de Valera
Tánaiste	Seán MacEntee; Frank Aiken
Preceded by	Éamon de Valera
Succeeded by	Jack Lynch
Leader of Fianna Fáil
	In office; 23 June 1959 – 10 November 1966
Preceded by	Éamon de Valera
Succeeded by	Jack Lynch
Tánaiste
	In office; 20 March 1957 – 23 June 1959
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	William Norton
Succeeded by	Seán MacEntee
	In office; 13 June 1951 – 2 June 1954
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	William Norton
Succeeded by	William Norton
	In office; 14 June 1945 – 18 February 1948
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	Seán T. O'Kelly
Succeeded by	William Norton
Minister for Industry and Commerce
	In office; 20 March 1957 – 23 June 1959
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	William Norton
Succeeded by	Jack Lynch
	In office; 13 June 1951 – 2 June 1954
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	Thomas F. O'Higgins
Succeeded by	William Norton
	In office; 18 August 1941 – 18 February 1948
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	Seán MacEntee
Succeeded by	Daniel Morrissey
	In office; 9 March 1932 – 16 September 1939
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	Patrick McGilligan
Succeeded by	Seán MacEntee
Minister for Supplies
	In office; 8 September 1939 – 31 July 1945
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Teachta Dála
	In office; February 1948 – June 1969
Constituency	Dublin South-Central
	In office; November 1924 – February 1948
Constituency	Dublin South
Personal details
Born	John Francis Lemass; 15 July 1899; Ballybrack, Dublin, Ireland
Died	11 May 1971 (aged 71); Phibsborough, Dublin, Ireland
Resting place	Deansgrange, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse(s)	Kathleen Hughes; (m. 1924; d. 1971)
Relations	Charles Haughey (Son-in-law); Seán Haughey (Grandson); Eileen Lemass (Daughter-in-law);
Children	4, including Maureen and Noel
Parents	John Lemass; Frances Lemass;
Education	O'Connell School
Alma mater	University College Cork

Seán Francis Lemass (born John Francis Lemass; 15 July 1899 – 11 May 1971) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1959 to 1966. He was Tánaiste from 1957 to 1959, 1951 to 1954 and 1945 to 1948, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1957 to 1959, 1951 to 1954, 1945 to 1949 and 1932 to 1939 and Minister for Supplies from 1939 to 1945. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1924 to 1969.^[1]