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Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1959
The 1959 Fianna Fáil leadership election began in June 1959, when Eamon de Valera resigned as party leader and Taoiseach to take up the post of President of Ireland. De Valera had been leader since the foundation of the party in 1926 and had served as Taoiseach on three occasions.
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