Michael Collins

✶October 16, 1890

†August 22, 1922

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Michael Collins was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th century struggle for Irish independence. During the War of Independence he was Director of Intelligence of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). He served in the government of the Irish Republic as the Minister for Home Affairs and later as the Minister for Finance. Collins was Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State from January 1922 and commander-in-chief of the National Army from July until he died in an ambush in August 1922, during the Civil War.

Irish revolutionary and politician (1890–1922)

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Biography from the article Michael Collins on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.