Liam Kavanagh
Minister for Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry
In office
14 February 1986 – 20 January 1987
TaoiseachGarret FitzGerald
Preceded byPaddy O'Toole
Succeeded byPaddy O'Toole
Minister for the Environment
In office
13 December 1983 – 14 February 1986
TaoiseachGarret FitzGerald
Preceded byDick Spring
Succeeded byJohn Boland
Minister for Labour
In office
14 December 1982 – 13 December 1983
TaoiseachGarret FitzGerald
Preceded byGene Fitzgerald
Succeeded byRuairi Quinn
In office
30 June 1981 – 9 March 1982
TaoiseachGarret FitzGerald
Preceded byTom Nolan
Succeeded byGene Fitzgerald
Minister for the Public Service
In office
30 June 1981 – 9 March 1982
TaoiseachGarret FitzGerald
Preceded byGene Fitzgerald
Succeeded byGene Fitzgerald
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1969 – June 1997
ConstituencyWicklow
Member of the European Parliament
In office
June 1979 – July 1981
ConstituencyLeinster
In office
January 1973 – June 1979
ConstituencyOireachtas Delegation
Personal details
Born(1935-02-09)9 February 1935
County Wicklow, Ireland
Died13 December 2021(2021-12-13) (aged 86)
County Wicklow, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party
SpouseMargaret Kavanagh
Children2

Liam Kavanagh (9 February 1935 – 13 December 2021) was an Irish Labour Party politician.[1]

Biography

He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency. He remained in the Dáil until he lost his seat at the 1997 general election.[2] He was also appointed to the European Parliament on two occasions in 1973 and 1977 and was elected to the parliament in 1979 for the Leinster constituency. He gave up this seat on being appointed Minister for Labour and Minister for the Public Service in 1981.

Kavanagh also served as a member of the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly from 1990 to 1997 and of the Semi-State Bodies Commission from 1987 to 1997, being chairman from 1995 to 1997.

He was appointed to the Standards in Public Office Commission on its establishment in December 2001.

Kavanagh was the nephew of James Everett, a former Labour Party cabinet minister. His own son Conal Kavanagh was a member of Wicklow County Council and Wicklow Town Council from 2004 until he retired in 2014.

He died on 13 December 2021, at the age of 86.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Liam Kavanagh". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "Liam Kavanagh". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "Death announced of former Labour Minister Liam Kavanagh". WicklowNews. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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