1966 Fianna Fáil leadership election
The 1966 Fianna Fáil leadership election in the Republic of Ireland began in October 1966 following the decision of Seán Lemass to resign as party leader and Taoiseach. Lemass had occupied both posts for over seven years and, while there was no pressure on him to resign, he felt that the time was right to hand over to a new generation. His successor was elected by the members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 9 November 1966. After one ballot the election was won by Jack Lynch.
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Republic of Ireland
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Q467680
Seán Lemass
PER
Q191827
Taoiseach
Concept
Q216517
Fianna Fáil
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Q848197
parliamentary party
Concept
Q381681
Jack Lynch
PER
Q5446300
1966 Fianna Fáil leadership election
Concept
1966-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1966
DATE
1966-10-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
October 1966
DATE
1966-11-09T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
9 November 1966
DATE
point in time
successful candidate
office held by head of government
position held
country