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{{Short description|Irish politician (1889–1984)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Seán_MacEntee_portrait.jpg | caption = MacEntee circa 1920s | office = [[Tánaiste]] | taoiseach = [[Seán Lemass]] | term_start = 23 June 1959 | term_end = 21 April 1965 | predecessor = Seán Lemass | successor = [[Frank Aiken]] | office1 = [[Minister for Social Protection|Minister for Social Welfare]] | taoiseach1 = Seán Lemass | term_start1 = 27 November 1957 | term_end1 = 12 October 1961 | predecessor1 = [[Patrick Smith (politician)|Paddy Smith]] | successor1 = [[Kevin Boland]] | office2 = [[Minister for Health (Ireland)|Minister for Health]] | taoiseach2 = Seán Lemass | term_start2 = 20 March 1957 | term_end2 = 21 April 1965 | predecessor2 = [[Tom O'Higgins]] | successor2 = [[Donogh O'Malley]] | office3 = [[Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage|Minister for Local Government and Public Health]] | taoiseach3 = [[Éamon de Valera]] | term_start3 = 18 August 1941 | term_end3 = 18 February 1948 | predecessor3 = Éamon de Valera | successor3 = [[Timothy J. Murphy]]<br/>{{small|(Local Government)}} | office4 = [[Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment|Minister for Industry and Commerce]] | taoiseach4 = Éamon de Valera | term_start4 = 16 September 1939 | term_end4 = 18 August 1941 | predecessor4 = Éamon de Valera | successor4 = [[Timothy J. Murphy]] | office5 = [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Minister for Finance]] | taoiseach5 = Éamon de Valera | term_start5 = 13 June 1951 | term_end5 = 2 June 1954 | predecessor5 = [[Patrick McGilligan (Fine Gael politician)|Patrick McGilligan]] | successor5 = [[Gerard Sweetman]] | taoiseach6 = Éamon de Valera | term_start6 = 9 March 1932 | term_end6 = 16 September 1939 | predecessor6 = [[Ernest Blythe]] | successor6 = [[Seán T. O'Kelly]] | office7 = [[Teachta Dála]] | term_start7 = [[1948 Irish general election|February 1948]] | term_end7 = [[1969 Irish general election|June 1969]] | constituency7 = [[Dublin South-East (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-East]] | term_start8 = [[1937 Irish general election|July 1937]] | term_end8 = [[1948 Irish general election|February 1948]] | constituency8 = [[Dublin Townships (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Townships]] | term_start9 = [[June 1927 Irish general election|June 1927]] | term_end9 = [[1937 Irish general election|July 1937]] | constituency9 = [[Dublin County (Dáil constituency)|Dublin County]] | term_start10 = [[1921 Irish elections|May 1921]] | term_end10 = [[1922 Irish general election|June 1922]] | constituency10 = [[Monaghan (Dáil constituency)|Monaghan]] | term_start11 = [[1918 Irish general election|December 1918]] | term_end11 = [[1921 Irish elections|May 1921]] | constituency11 = [[South Monaghan (UK Parliament constituency)|Monaghan South]] | birth_name = John Francis McEntee | birth_date = {{birth date|1889|8|23|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Belfast]], Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|1984|01|09|1889|08|22|df=y}} | death_place = [[Booterstown]], [[Dublin]], Ireland | resting_place = [[Glasnevin Cemetery]], Dublin, Ireland | nationality = [[Irish people|Irish]] | party = [[Fianna Fáil]] | otherparty = {{ubl|[[Sinn Féin]] {{small|(1918–26)}}|[[Irish Labour Party]]{{small|(1913–18)}}| |[[Socialist Party of Ireland (1904)|Socialist Party of Ireland]]{{small|(1904–13)}}|[[Irish Socialist Republican Party]]{{small|(1903–04)}} }} | spouse = {{marriage|Margaret Browne|1921|1976|end=d.}} | children = 3, including [[Máire Mhac an tSaoi|Máire]] | education = {{Ubl|[[St Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast|St Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School]]|[[St Malachy's College]]}} | alma_mater = {{Ubl|Belfast Municipal College of Technology}} |}} [[File:Piece 207-146; John McEntee (1922).pdf|right|thumb|page=7|alt=British Army intelligence file for John McEntee|British Army intelligence file for John McEntee]] '''Seán Francis MacEntee''' ({{langx|ga|Seán Mac an tSaoi}}; 23 August 1889 – 9 January 1984) was an Irish [[Fianna Fáil]] politician who served as [[Tánaiste]] from 1959 to 1965, [[Minister for Social Protection|Minister for Social Welfare]] from 1957 to 1961, [[Minister for Health (Ireland)|Minister for Health]] from 1957 to 1965, [[Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage|Minister for Local Government and Public Health]] from 1941 to 1948, [[Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment|Minister for Industry and Commerce]] from 1939 to 1941, [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Minister for Finance]] from 1932 to 1939 and 1951 to 1954. He served as a [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) from 1918 to 1969. At the time of his death, he was the last surviving member of the [[First Dáil]].<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Se%C3%A1n-MacEntee.D.1919-01-21/|title=Seán MacEntee|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=13 February 2012|archive-date=30 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530062606/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Se%C3%A1n-MacEntee.D.1919-01-21/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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