Background
O'KENNEDY, Michael was born on February 21, 1936 in Nenagh, Company Tipperary. Son of Eamonn and Helena (Slattery) O’Kennedy.
O'KENNEDY, Michael was born on February 21, 1936 in Nenagh, Company Tipperary. Son of Eamonn and Helena (Slattery) O’Kennedy.
St. Flannan’s College, Ennis, University College Dublin, King's Inns, Dublin.
Minister of Education 1970-1972, Minister without Portfolio 1972-1973, Minister for Transport and Power 1973. Opposition Spokesman on Foreign Affairs 1973-1977. Minister for Foreign Affairs 1977-1979, of Finance 1979-1980.
Minister of Agriculture March since 1987. Chairman 1973-1980; President European Economic Community Council of Ministers July-Dee. 1979; President EC Council of Agriculture Ministers January-June 1990.
President Renegotiation European Economic Community/ACP at 2nd Lome Convention 1979. National Trustee Fianna Fail.
Senate 1965-1969, Front Bench Spokesman on Education and Justice, Senate Statutory Instruments Committee on the Constitution until 1967. Ddil for North Tipperary 1969-1980, since 1982. Commission, of European Communities 1980-1982.
All-Parties Committee on Irish Relations. Informal Committee on Reform of Ddil Procedure until 1972, Dail and Senate Joint Committee on Secondary Legislation of European Economic Community 1973-1980. Inter-Parl. Union, member Exec, of Irish Council of European Movement.
Married Breda Heavey in 1965.