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| birth_place = Clonskeagh, Dublin, Ireland| death_date = | death_place = Irish people>Irish| party = Fianna FáilRita Andrews|1963}}Barry Andrews (politician)>Barry and David McSavageHTTPS://WWW.IRISHTIMES.COM/LIFE-AND-STYLE/SIBLINGS-BARRY-ANDREWS-DAVID-MCSAVAGE-1.414703NEWSPAPER=THE IRISH TIMESACCESS-DATE=8 NOVEMBER 2018ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20191222064712/HTTPS://WWW.IRISHTIMES.COM/LIFE-AND-STYLE/SIBLINGS-BARRY-ANDREWS-DAVID-MCSAVAGE-1.414703, live, | father = Todd AndrewsNiall Andrews (brother)Chris Andrews (politician)>Chris Andrews (nephew)|Ryan Tubridy (nephew)}}University of Galway>Dublin City University}}}David Andrews (born 15 March 1935) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1993 and 1997 to 2000, Minister for Defence from 1993 to 1994 and June 1997 to October 1997, Minister for the Marine from 1993 to 1994, Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1977 to 1979 and Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of Defence from 1970 to 1973. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1965 to 2002.WEB,weblink David Andrews, Oireachtas Members Database, 15 January 2011, 7 November 2018,weblink live, Andrews was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1965 general election as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency.WEB,weblink David Andrews, ElectionsIreland.org, 15 January 2011, 2 August 2018,weblink live, In May 1970, in a reshuffle following the Arms Crisis, he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach, with special responsibility as Chief Whip, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence.WEB,weblink Statement by the Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (19th Dáil), 8 March 1972, 8 February 2020, Houses of the Oireachtas, He served until Fianna Fáil left office in 1973.Following the 1977 general election, Fianna Fáil was back in office and Jack Lynch appointed Andrews as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.WEB,weblink Ceapachain mar Airí agus Rúnaí Parlaiminte – Dáil Éireann (21st Dáil), 6 July 1977, Houses of the Oireachtas, 1 February 2020, 18 December 2020,weblink live, In the 1979 Fianna Fáil leadership election Andrews supported George Colley,BOOK, Kingstown Republican, 2007, New Island, the favoured candidate of the existing leadership. However, Charles Haughey, in a very close vote, was elected party leader and Taoiseach.Andrews was confined to the backbenches during Haughey's thirteen-year period as leader. During this period he maintained his legal practice and campaigned for the Guildford Four, the Birmingham Six, and Brian Keenan. He remained a vocal critic of Haughey during this period. After the Progressive Democrats were founded in 1985 Andrews considered joining the new party. In February 1992, Albert Reynolds succeeded Haughey as Taoiseach, and Andrews was appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs. In January 1993, following the formation of a coalition with the Labour Party, Andrews was appointed as Minister for Defence and Minister for the Marine. He served until this government fell in December 1994.After the 1997 general election, Fianna Fáil returned to office in coalition with the Progressive Democrats, with Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach. Andrews was first appointed Minister for Defence;WEB,weblink Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (28th Dáil), 9 July 1997, 12 January 2020, Houses of the Oireachtas, 28 October 2020,weblink live, later that year, after the resignation of Ray Burke, he was appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs.WEB,weblink Appointment of Member of Government – Dáil Éireann (28th Dáil), 9 October 1997, 28 March 2020, Houses of the Oireachtas, 2 November 2019,weblink live, His period as Foreign Minister was successful regarding the Northern Ireland peace talks.WEB,weblink Where Are They Now: David Andrews, Irish Independent, 9 November 2011, 11 July 2013, 18 October 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161018204238weblink">weblink live, In April 1998, the Good Friday Agreement was signed and was later approved in referendums in Ireland and Northern Ireland. In 1999, Ireland joined the Partnership for Peace project. Andrews stepped down as Minister for Foreign Affairs in January 2000.WEB,weblink Nomination of Member of Government: Motion – Dáil Éireann (28th Dáil), 27 January 2000, 15 August 2019, Houses of the Oireachtas, 15 August 2019,weblink live, WEB,weblink Andrews to resign from cabinet on Wednesday, RTÉ News, 21 January 2000, 1 February 2010, He retired from politics at the 2002 general election, and his son Barry was elected for the Dún Laoghaire constituency. His other son David Andrews, Jnr is a comedian who works under the stage name of David McSavage. His brother Niall Andrews was a TD and MEP.WEB, 2006-10-17, Former TD Niall Andrews dies, aged 68,weblink 2023-03-30, Irish Examiner, en, In May 2000, he was appointed to the non-executive position as Chairman of the Irish Red Cross Society, serving in that position until 2009.WEB,weblink Andrews to retire as Red Cross chairman, 17 November 2009, 1 February 2010, RTÉ News, 4 February 2010,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100204014150weblink">weblink live, WEB,weblink Dáil debate on reform of the Irish Red Cross, KildareStreet.com, 15 December 2010, 23 February 2011, 13 July 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110713150221weblink">weblink live,

See also

• Families in the Oireachtas

References

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