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| image = Sean Flanagan, December 1979.jpg<br />
| caption = Flanagan in 1979<br />
| office = [[Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment|Minister for Lands]]<br />
| taoiseach = [[Jack Lynch]]<br />
| term_start = 2 July 1969<br />
| term_end = 14 March 1973<br />
| predecessor = [[Pádraig Faulkner]]<br />
| successor = [[Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (Cavan politician)|Tom Fitzpatrick]]<br />
| office1 = [[Minister for Health (Ireland)|Minister for Health]]<br />
| taoiseach1 = Jack Lynch<br />
| term_start1 = 13 July 1966<br />
| term_end1 = 2 July 1969<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Donogh O'Malley]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Erskine Hamilton Childers|Erskine H. Childers]]<br />
| office2 = [[Minister of State (Ireland)|Parliamentary Secretary]]<br />
| suboffice2 = [[Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment|Industry and Commerce]]<br />
| subterm2 = 1965–1966<br />
| office3 = [[Member of the European Parliament]]<br />
| term_start3 = 1 July 1979<br />
| term_end3 = 24 May 1989<br />
| constituency3 = [[Connacht–Ulster (European Parliament constituency)|Connacht–Ulster]]<br />
| office4 = [[Teachta Dála]]<br />
| term_start4 = [[1969 Irish general election|June 1969]]<br />
| term_end4 = [[1977 Irish general election|June 1977]]<br />
| constituency4 = [[Mayo East (Dáil constituency)|Mayo East]]<br />
| term_start5 = [[1951 Irish general election|May 1951]]<br />
| term_end5 = [[1969 Irish general election|June 1969]]<br />
| constituency5 = [[Mayo South (Dáil constituency)|Mayo South]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|1|26|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Ballyhaunis]], [[County Mayo]], Ireland<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|2|5|1922|1|26|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland<br />
| nationality = [[Irish people|Irish]]<br />
| party = [[Fianna Fáil]]<br />
| spouse = {{marriage|Mary Patricia Doherty|1950}}<br />
| children = 7, including [[Dermot Flanagan|Dermot]]<br />
| education = [[St Jarlath's College]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[University College Dublin]]<br />
|}}<br />
'''Seán Flanagan''' (26 January 1922 – 5 February 1993) was an Irish [[Fianna Fáil]] politician and [[Gaelic football]]er who served as [[Minister for Health (Ireland)|Minister for Health]] from 1966 to 1969, [[Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment|Minister for Lands]] from 1969 to 1973 and [[Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment|Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce]] from 1965 to 1966. He served as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for the [[Connacht–Ulster (European Parliament constituency)|Connacht–Ulster]] constituency from 1979 to 1989. He was as a [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Mayo South (Dáil constituency)|Mayo South]] constituency from 1951 to 1969 and for the [[Mayo East (Dáil constituency)|Mayo East]] constituency from 1969 to 1977.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Se%C3%A1n-Flanagan.D.1951-06-13/ |title=Seán Flanagan |work=Oireachtas Members Database |access-date=9 July 2019 |archive-date=9 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709170929/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Se%25C3%25A1n-Flanagan.D.1951-06-13/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Flanagan was born in Coolnaha, [[Aghamore, County Mayo|Aghamore]], [[Ballyhaunis]], [[County Mayo]] in 1922.<ref name=dib>{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/flanagan-sean-a3270|title=Flanagan, Seán|work=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]]|last=Ferriter|first=Diarmaid|access-date=21 December 2022}}</ref> He was educated locally, then later at [[St Jarlath's College]] in [[Tuam]], [[County Galway]], where he showed enthusiasm for sport. He won two [[Connacht]] championship medals with the college in 1939 and 1940. He briefly studied at the seminary at [[Holy Cross College (Dublin)|Clonliffe College]] in [[Dublin]] and then enrolled in [[University College Dublin]], where he studied law and qualified as a solicitor.<ref name=dib/><br />
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==Football career==<br />
Flanagan also played senior [[Gaelic football]] for Mayo. He captained the All-Ireland final-winning sides of 1950 and 1951 and won five [[Connacht]] senior championship medals in all. He also won two [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League]] titles in 1949 and 1954. While still a footballer, Flanagan entered into a career in politics.<ref name=dib/><br />
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In recognition of his skills and long-running contribution to the sport, Flanagan was awarded the 1992 [[All-Time All Star Award (football)|All-Time All Star Award]] as no [[GAA GPA All Stars Awards|GAA All Stars Awards]] were being issued at the time of his playing career. In 1984, the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] centenary year he was honoured by being named on their [[GAA Football Team of the Century|Football Team of the Century]]. In 1999, he was again honoured by the GAA by being named on their [[Gaelic football#Team of the Century and Team of the Millennium|Gaelic Football Team of the Millennium]].<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Flanagan came from a Fianna Fáil family and was recruited into the party in east Mayo. He was elected a Fianna Fáil [[Teachta Dála|TD]] for [[Mayo South (Dáil constituency)|Mayo South]] at the [[1951 Irish general election|1951 general election]], and won a seat—first there, then from 1969 in [[Mayo East (Dáil constituency)|Mayo East]]—at each subsequent election until he lost his seat at the [[1977 Irish general election|1977 general election]].<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web |url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2439 |title=Seán Flanagan |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=28 December 2011 |archive-date=18 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018202510/http://electionsireland.org//candidate.cfm?id=2439 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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Flanagan rose rapidly through the party ranks and was appointed a [[Minister of State (Ireland)|Parliamentary Secretary]] under [[Taoiseach]] [[Seán Lemass]] in 1959. Alongside [[Charles Haughey]] and [[Brian Lenihan Snr|Brian Lenihan]], he was part of the "mohair suite" brigade of young moderniser TDs.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Browne |first=Vincent |title=The Magill Book of Irish Politics |publisher=Magill Publications |year=1981 |isbn=0950765902 |location=Dublin |pages=195}}</ref> In the [[1966 Fianna Fáil leadership election|Fianna Fáil leadership election]] in 1966 Flanagan supported [[Jack Lynch]]. When Lynch became Taoiseach, Flanagan was promoted to the Cabinet as Minister for Health.<ref name=dib/> Three years later in 1969, he became Minister for Lands. Flanagan lost his seat at the 1977 general election, and effectively retired from domestic politics; however, he was elected to the [[European Parliament]] in [[1979 European Parliament election in Ireland|the first direct elections]] in 1979. He was re-elected in [[1984 European Parliament election in Ireland|1984]], and retired from politics in 1989.<ref name=dib/><br />
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Flanagan died on 5 February 1993, at the age of 71.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of people on the postage stamps of Ireland]]<br />
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