he was the first Taoiseach and the tird President.
He was president from 1959 to 1973.
Eamon De Valera (1959 - 1973)
Eamon De Valera was a famous revolutionary and politician in Ireland. He was never prime minister, but held the corresponding role in Ireland which was called President of the Executive Council and later renamed as Taoiseach. He also became the president of Ireland.
Ireland had one president during the 1960s. That was Eamon De Valera. He was president from 1959 until 1973, serving two terms of seven years each.
He was the president of Éire, which is also known more commonly as Ireland.
Eamon de Valera's birth name is Edward George de Valera.
He was president of Ireland for 14 years, from 1959 to 1973. A presidential term in Ireland is 7 years, so he served two terms.
Eamon de Valera worked alongside Michael Collins in an attempt to liberate Ireland from English rule. While Michael Collins accepted the boundaries of the Irish Free State de Valera did not because he believed that all of Ireland, including the North, should be free of British rule. Eamon de Valera believed that if they continued fighting, they would succeed freeing all of Ireland.
Eamon De Valera The Irish revolutionary leader and statesman Eamon De Valera (1882-1975) served as prime minister and later president of Ireland (1959-1973). Eamon De Valera was born in New York City on October 14, 1882. In 1885, after the death of his Spanish father, he was sent to live with his Irish mother's family in Country Limerick. He graduated from the Royal University of Ireland in 1904 and became a mathematics teacher
Eamon de Valera was known as Dev and also as The Long Fellow.
Éamon de Valera
The Republic's Government was set up primarily by Eamon De Valera, of the Nationalists