Paddy Power (politician)

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This article is about Paddy Power the Irish politician. For the bookmaking company of the same name, see Paddy Power. For other persons named Patrick Power, see Patrick Power (disambiguation).

Patrick (Paddy) Power (Irish: Pádraig de Paor; born 19 November 1928) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) and Minister of the Haughey era. He served as Minister for Fisheries & Forestry from 1979 to June 1981 and Minister for Defence in the Government of March to December 1982. He was briefly Minister for Trade, Commerce & Tourism in October 1982 following the resignation of Des O'Malley to challenge for the leadership of the party. He was also a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1977 to 1979. Paddy Power retired from politics in 1989. His son, Seán Power, retained his Dáil seat. He is currently a Minister of State. A second son, J. J. Power, serves as a Green Party councillor on Kildare County Council.

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Preceded by Brian Lenihan	Minister for Fisheries & Forestry 1979–1981	Succeeded by Tom Fitzpatrick
Preceded by James Tully	Minister for Defence 1982	Succeeded by Patrick Cooney
Preceded by Desmond O'Malley	Minister for Trade, Commerce & Tourism 1982	Succeeded by Pádraig Flynn

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Seán Brosnan (FF) • Ruairí Brugha (FF) • Michael Herbert (FF) • Liam Kavanagh (LAB) • Gerry L'Estrange (FG) • Charles McDonald (FG) • Tom Nolan (FF) • Paddy Power (FF) • Richie Ryan (FG) • Michael Yeats (FF)