Frank Aiken
Irish Republican Army commander and politician (1898-1983) · Ireland · On the map · Politicians · Died at 85
Francis Thomas Aiken was an Irish revolutionary and politician. He was chief of staff of the Anti-Treaty IRA at the end of the Irish Civil War. Aiken later served as Tánaiste from 1965 to 1969 and Minister for External Affairs from 1951 to 1954 and 1957 to 1969.
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A poster displaying the members of De Valera's 1932 government cabinet, in which Aiken served as Minister for Defence
Wreath-laying ceremony at Commodore John Barry Memorial in Wexford in 1963. Pictured are: US President John F. Kennedy, Mayor of Wexford Thomas Burne, Minister of External Affairs of Ireland Frank Aiken, US Ambassador to Ireland Matthew McCloskey (r), Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard
Photograph of Frank Aiken and Maud Davin, taken upon the announcement of their engagement in August 1934
Aiken's headstone, Camlough, County ArmaghAbout this person
He was also Minister for Finance from 1945 to 1948, Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures 1939 to 1945, and Minister for Defence from 1932 to 1939.
