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Jack Lynch
Lynch in 1967
5th Taoiseach
In office 5 July 1977 – 11 December 1979
President	Patrick Hillery
Tánaiste	George Colley
Preceded by	Liam Cosgrave
Succeeded by	Charles Haughey
In office 10 November 1966 – 14 March 1973
President	Éamon de Valera
Tánaiste	Frank Aiken Erskine H. Childers
Preceded by	Seán Lemass
Succeeded by	Liam Cosgrave
Leader of the Opposition
In office 14 March 1973 – 5 July 1977
President	Éamon de Valera Erskine H. Childers Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh Patrick Hillery
Taoiseach	Liam Cosgrave
Preceded by	Liam Cosgrave
Succeeded by	Garret FitzGerald
Leader of Fianna Fáil
In office 10 November 1966 – 7 December 1979
Deputy	Joseph Brennan George Colley
Preceded by	Seán Lemass
Succeeded by	Charles Haughey
Minister for Finance
In office 21 April 1965 – 10 November 1966
Taoiseach	Seán Lemass
Preceded by	James Ryan
Succeeded by	Charles Haughey
Minister for Industry and Commerce
In office 23 June 1959 – 21 April 1965
Taoiseach	Seán Lemass
Preceded by	Patrick Hillery
Succeeded by	Charles Haughey
Minister for Education
In office 20 March 1957 – 23 June 1959
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	Richard Mulcahy
Succeeded by	Patrick Hillery
Minister for Gaeltacht Affairs
In office 20 March 1957 – 26 June 1957
Taoiseach	Seán Lemass
Preceded by	Patrick Lindsay
Succeeded by	Mícheál Ó Móráin
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Lands
In office 13 June 1951 – 2 June 1954
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	Eamonn Kissane
Succeeded by	Brian Lenihan Snr
Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach
In office 26 July 1951 – 2 June 1954
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	John O'Donovan
Teachta Dála
In office June 1977 – June 1981
Constituency	Cork City
In office June 1969 – June 1977
Constituency	Cork City North-West
In office February 1948 – June 1969
Constituency	Cork Borough
Personal details
Born	John Mary Lynch (1917-08-15)15 August 1917 Shandon, Cork, Ireland
Died	20 October 1999(1999-10-20) (aged 82) Royal Hospital, Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland
Resting place	St. Finbarr's Cemetery, Cork, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse(s)	Máirín O'Connor (m. 1946; d. 1999)
Parents	Daniel Lynch Maura Lynch
Education	Christian Brothers, Cork North Monastery
Alma mater	University College Cork

John Mary Lynch (15 August 1917 – 20 October 1999), known as Jack Lynch, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979.

He also was Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 to 1979, Leader of the Opposition from 1973 to 1977, Minister for Finance from 1965 to 1966, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1959 to 1965, Minister for Education 1957 to 1959, Minister for Gaeltacht Affairs from March 1957 to June 1957, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Lands and Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach from 1951 to 1954.

He was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1948 to 1981.^[1]

He was the third leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 until 1979.

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