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Place of Birth: Navan, Leinster, Ireland
About Jim Fitzsimons
- James Fitzsimons (born 16 December 1936) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician.A publican from Navan, County Meath, he was educated at St.
- Patrick's Classical School in Navan.
- Fitzsimons was elected to the 21st Dáil as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath constituency on his first attempt at the 1977 general election, and re-elected until retiring at the 1987 general election to concentrate on his European Parliament seat.
- He was succeeded in the Dáil by Noel Dempsey. He briefly served as a Minister of State for Industry and Energy during the short-lived 1982 Haughey Government. He was elected as a MEP at the 1984 European Parliament election and retained his seat for 20 years, until retiring at the 2004 European Parliament election.
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