James Ryan (Irish politician)

James Ryan
Ryan in 1933
Minister for Finance
In office 20 March 1957 – 21 April 1965
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera Seán Lemass
Preceded by	Gerard Sweetman
Succeeded by	Jack Lynch
Minister for Health
In office 13 June 1951 – 2 June 1954
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	John A. Costello
Succeeded by	Tom O'Higgins
In office 22 January 1947 – 18 February 1948
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Noël Browne
Minister for Social Welfare
In office 13 June 1951 – 2 June 1954
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	William Norton
Succeeded by	Brendan Corish
In office 22 January 1947 – 18 February 1948
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	William Norton
Minister for Agriculture
In office 9 March 1932 – 21 January 1947
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	Patrick Hogan
Succeeded by	Paddy Smith
Senator
In office 23 June 1965 – 5 November 1969
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach
Teachta Dála
In office August 1923 – April 1965
In office May 1921 – June 1922
Constituency	Wexford
In office December 1918 – May 1921
Constituency	Wexford South
Personal details
Born	(1892-12-06)6 December 1892 Taghmon, County Wexford, Ireland
Died	25 September 1970(1970-09-25) (aged 77) Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Other political affiliations	Sinn Féin (to 1926)
Spouse	Máirín Cregan ​ (m. 1919⁠–⁠1970)​
Children	2, including Eoin
Relatives	Mary Kate Ryan (sister) Josephine Ryan (sister) Phyllis Ryan (sister) Agnes Ryan (sister) Nell Ryan (sister)
Education	St Peter's College
Alma mater	University College Dublin
Military service
Branch/service	Irish Volunteers Irish Republican Brotherhood Irish Republican Army
Battles/wars	Easter Rising Irish Civil War

James Ryan (6 December 1892 – 25 September 1970) was an Irish medical doctor, revolutionary and politician who served in every Fianna Fáil government from 1932 to 1965, successively as Minister for Agriculture (1932–1947), Health and Social Welfare (1947–1948 and 1951–1954), and Finance (1957–1965). He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Wexford from 1918 to 1922 and 1923 to 1965, and as senator from 1965 to 1969.^[1] He was a member of Sinn Féin until he joined Fianna Fáil upon that party's foundation in 1926.