Bruton, John

Bruton, John

▪ prime minister of Ireland
in full  John Gerard Bruton 
born May 18, 1947, Dublin, Ire.

      prime minister (taoiseach) of Ireland from December 1994 to May 1997.

      Bruton was educated at Clongowes Wood College and then studied economics at University College and law at King's Inns in Dublin, qualifying as a barrister in 1970. He joined the Fine Gael party in 1965, and he was elected to the Dáil (lower house of Parliament) for Meath, where he farmed, in 1969. He served as a parliamentary secretary in the government of Liam Cosgrave (Cosgrave, Liam) (1973–77), and when Garret FitzGerald (FitzGerald, Garret) led another Fine Gael– Labour Party coalition into office in 1981, Bruton became minister for finance. His budget imposed an immensely unpopular value-added tax on children's shoes that led to the fall of the government. He also served in FitzGerald's second government as minister for industry and energy (1982–83), minister for industry, trade, commerce, and tourism (1983–86), and minister for finance (1986–87). In the last capacity, he proposed a budget that gave the Labour Party an excuse to leave the government before the 1987 general elections. Bruton became party leader in 1990. He failed to negotiate a deal with Labour after the 1992 elections but, following the collapse of the Fianna Fáil–Labour government in 1994, returned his party to power as part of a coalition with the Labour Party and Democratic Left. The coalition remained in force to contest the 1997 elections, which were indecisive. After the elections, Bruton served as acting taoiseach until the Dáil convened in late June and elected a Fianna FáilProgressive Democrats government.

Michael Marsh
 

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