Éamon de Valera
14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975
Éamon de Valera was an Irish statesman and revolutionary who was a dominant political figure in twentieth-century Ireland. He served multiple terms as head of government and later as President of Ireland, and founded the Fianna Fáil party.
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Life events
Born to a Spanish father and Irish mother, later raised in County Limerick.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLed forces at Boland's Mill during the 1916 rebellion against British rule.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgBecame leader of the Irish republican movement.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRejected the 1921 treaty, a stance that contributed to the Irish Civil War.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgEstablished the political party that would dominate Irish politics for decades.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLed the Irish government and oversaw the 1937 Constitution of Ireland.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgServed two terms as head of state.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDied at age 92, one of the last surviving leaders of the Easter Rising.
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