Ray MacSharry is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Tánaiste from March 1982 to December 1982, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development from 1989 to 1993, Minister for Finance from March 1982 to December 1982 and 1987 to 1988, Minister for Agriculture from 1979 to 1981, Minister of State at the Department of the Public Service from 1978 to 1979. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency from 1969 to 1988. He also served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Connacht–Ulster constituency.
MacSharry in May 1980
Fianna Fáil, officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party, is a conservative and Christian democratic political party registered in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
1932 Fianna Fáil poster featuring many of the founding members of the party such as de Valera, Lemass, Aiken and Boland
Charles Haughey led the party from 1979 to 1992 and is posthumously regarded as a controversial figure.
Fianna Fáil poster from the 1948 general election
Image: Éamon de Valera