# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/w-t-cosgrave
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:57:15.585Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/w-t-cosgrave"
name: "W. T. Cosgrave"
slug: "w-t-cosgrave"
description: "William Thomas Cosgrave was an Irish politician who served as the President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932, Leader of the Opposition from 1932 to 1944, Leader of Fine Gael from 1934 to 1944, founder and leader of Cumann na nGaedheal, from 1923 to 1933, Chairman of the Provisional Government from August 1922 to December 1922, the President of Dáil Éireann from September 1922 to December 1922, the Minister for Finance from 1922 to 1923 and Minister for Local Government from 1919 to 1922. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1921 to 1944. He was also a Member of parliament (MP) for North Kilkenny from 1918 to 1922."
tagline: "Irish politician (1880-1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Thomas_Cosgrave.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1880-06-06"
deathDate: "1965-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.2898550724637681
  historical:           20.90102133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump