Michael Yeats | |
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.jpg) Yeats in 1977 | |
| Cathaoirleach ofSeanad Éireann | |
| In office 5 November 1969 – 3 January 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Liam Ó Buachalla |
| Succeeded by | Micheál Cranitch |
| Senator | |
| In office 27 October 1977 – 12 March 1980 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| In office 5 November 1969 – 27 October 1977 | |
| Constituency | Cultural and Educational Panel |
| In office 23 June 1965 – 5 November 1969 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| In office 14 December 1961 – 23 June 1965 | |
| Constituency | Labour Panel |
| In office 14 August 1951 – 22 July 1954 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office January 1973 – June 1979 | |
| Constituency | Oireachtas Delegation |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1921-08-22)22 August 1921 Thame,Oxfordshire, England |
| Died | 3 January 2007(2007-01-03) (aged 85) Dublin, Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse | Gráinne Yeats |
| Parents | |
| Education | St Columba's College, Dublin |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
Michael Butler Yeats (22 August 1921 – 3 January 2007) was an Irishbarrister andFianna Fáil politician.[1][2] He served two periods as a member ofSeanad Éireann.
His was the son ofW. B. Yeats, a poet andNobel Laureate who had served in theSeanad of the Irish Free State, andGeorgie Hyde-Lees. His sisterAnne Yeats was a painter and designer, as was his uncleJack Butler Yeats. Michael was educated atSt Columba's College, Dublin andTrinity College Dublin, where he gained first class honours degree in history. He was an officer in theCollege Historical Society. He also qualified as a lawyer but did not practise.[3]
He unsuccessfully stood for election toDáil Éireann at the1948 general election and the1951 general election for theDublin South-East constituency.[4] Following the 1951 election, Yeats was nominated to the7th Seanad by theTaoiseachÉamon de Valera. He stood at the subsequent election in 1954 for the8th Seanad but was not elected.
From 1961 to 1980 he was a member of Seanad Éireann. In 1961 he was elected to the10th Seanad on theLabour Panel. In 1965 he wasnominated by the TaoiseachSeán Lemass to the11th Seanad. In 1969 he was elected to the12th Seanad on theCultural and Educational Panel, and re-elected to the13th Seanad in 1973.
In 1969, he was elected asCathaoirleach of the12th Seanad.[5] On 1 January 1973, he resigned as Cathaoirleach on his appointment as a member of theIrish delegation in the European Parliament, while continuing as a member of the Seanad.[6] He also served in thesecond andthird delegations.
In 1977, he was nominated by the TaoiseachJack Lynch to the14th Seanad. He stood at thefirst direct elections in 1979 for theDublin constituency but was not elected.[4]
He resigned from the Seanad on 12 March 1980,[7] taking up office in April 1980 as Director General of the EEC Council of Ministers in Brussels in the 1980s.[3][8]
He was married toGráinne Ní Éigeartaigh, a singer and Irish harpist. They had four children; three daughters and a son.[3]
He died on 4 January 2007.[9][10][11]
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