Éamon de Valera

✶October 14, 1882

†August 29, 1975

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Éamon de Valera was an Irish statesman. He served as the president of Ireland from 1959 to 1973, and three terms as prime minister. He had a leading role in introducing the Constitution of Ireland in 1937, and was a dominant figure in Irish political circles from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, when he served terms as both the head of government and head of state.

Irish statesman (1882–1975)

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