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Sen MacenteeSen MacEntee (1889–1984) was a Fianna Fil politician. He was a founding member of Fianna Fil, was first elected to Dil ireann in 1927 and at each subsequent election. He served as Minister for Finance (1932–1939 & 1951–1954), Minister for Industry & Commerce (1939–1941), Minister for Local Government (1941–1948) and Minister for Health (1957–1965). MacEntee served as Tnaiste of Ireland from 1959 to 1965. He was the last surviving member of the first Dil ireann and of the first Cabinet of Eamon de Valera. Sen MacEntee was born in Belfast in 1889. He was educated at St Malachy's and Belfast Municipal College of Technology. He qualified as an electrical engineer. He became a member of the Irish Volunteers and took part in the Easter Rising in 1916. He was imprisoned but was released in 1917. MacEntee contested the 1918 general election as a Sinn Fin candidate. He successfully became MP for Monaghan. MacEntee took the anti-Treaty side during the Irish Civil War. He was imprisoned by the Irish Free State government. In 1926 he became a founder-member of Fianna Fil. In 1927 he became a TD for a Dublin constituency, a position he held until 1969. In 1932 MacEntee became Minister for Finance in the first Fianna Fil government. He also served as Minister for Local Government, for Industry and Commerce, and for Health. He became Tnaiste under Sean Lemass in 1959. Sen MacEntee died in Dublin on January 10 1984. MacEntee's daughter is the Irish poet Mire Mhac an tSaoi (who is married to the former politician Conor Cruise O'Brien). Political Career
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