Office: | Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann |
Term Start: | 23 January 1992 |
Term End: | 4 July 1995 |
Predecessor: | Seán Doherty |
Successor: | Liam Naughten |
Office1: | Senator |
Term Start1: | 8 October 1981 |
Term End1: | 4 July 1995 |
Constituency1: | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
Birth Date: | 26 September 1937 |
Birth Place: | Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland |
Death Place: | County Westmeath, Ireland |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Fianna Fáil |
Spouse: | Anne Fallon |
Children: | 4 |
Seán Fallon (26 September 1937 – 4 July 1995) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician from Athlone, County Westmeath.[1]
A member of Westmeath County Council and Athlone Urban District Council for nearly forty years from 1967,[2] he was a senator from 1981 to 1995, and Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1992[3] until his death.[4]
He was first elected in 1981, to the 15th Seanad, on the Industrial and Commercial Panel, and was returned to the Seanad in subsequent elections until his death.[5]