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Mr. Michael Smith

Mr. Michael Smith

(08/11/1940 - )

Profession: Farmer
Party: Fianna_Fáil (Fianna_Fáil members of the 29th Dáil)
Address

Lismackin
Roscrea
Co. Tipperary

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Defeated in the 1973 Dáil election
21st Dáil - Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture [17 December 1980 to 30 June 1981 ]
Defeated in the February and November 1982 Dáil Elections
25th Dáil - Minister of State at the Department of Tourism Fisheries and Forestry [10 March 1987 to 31 March 1987] [change of Department title to Marine with effect from 20 March 1987]
Minister of State at the Department of Energy [31 March 1987 to 24 November 1988]
Minister for Energy [24 November 1988 to 12 July 1989]
26th Dáil - Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Commerce [19 July 1989 to 15 November 1991]
Minister for the Environment [11 February 1992 to 12 January 1993]
27th Dáil - Minister for Environment [12 January 1993 to 15 December 1994] Minister for Education [18 November 1994 to 15 December 1994]
28th Dáil - Minister of State at the Department Education and at the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment [1 July 1997 to 8 October 1997]
Minister for Defence [8 October 1997 to 6 June 2002]
29th Dáil - Minister for Defence [6 June 2002 - 29 September 2004] (resigned as Minister on 29 September 2004)
Defeated in the 2007 General Election