Liam Kavanagh

Liam Kavanagh
Minister for Tourism, Fisheries and Forestry
In office 14 February 1986 – 20 January 1987
Taoiseach	Garret FitzGerald
Preceded by	Paddy O'Toole
Succeeded by	Paddy O'Toole
Minister for the Environment
In office 13 December 1983 – 14 February 1986
Taoiseach	Garret FitzGerald
Preceded by	Dick Spring
Succeeded by	John Boland
Minister for Labour
In office 14 December 1982 – 13 December 1983
Taoiseach	Garret FitzGerald
Preceded by	Gene Fitzgerald
Succeeded by	Ruairi Quinn
In office 30 June 1981 – 9 March 1982
Taoiseach	Garret FitzGerald
Preceded by	Tom Nolan
Succeeded by	Gene Fitzgerald
Minister for the Public Service
In office 30 June 1981 – 9 March 1982
Taoiseach	Garret FitzGerald
Preceded by	Gene Fitzgerald
Succeeded by	Gene Fitzgerald
Teachta Dála
In office June 1969 – June 1997
Constituency	Wicklow
Member of the European Parliament
In office June 1979 – July 1981
Constituency	Leinster
In office January 1973 – June 1979
Constituency	Oireachtas Delegation
Personal details
Born	(1935-02-09)9 February 1935 County Wicklow, Ireland
Died	13 December 2021(2021-12-13) (aged 86) County Wicklow, Ireland
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse	Margaret Kavanagh
Children	2

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

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. 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.

External links

• Personal profile of Liam Kavanagh in the European Parliament's database of members