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When did Seán T. O'Kelly become the President of Ireland?

  • 1939

  • 1942

  • 1945

  • 1951

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In 1945, Seán T. O'Kelly became the second President of Ireland, succeeding Douglas Hyde. A long-time member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and later Fianna Fáil, O'Kelly had served as Minister for Finance and Vice-President of the Executive Council in the 1930s. His tenure as president saw the country's transition from a wartime economy to a period of economic growth and development.
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