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Published in 20th-century / Contemporary History, Devalera & Fianna Fail, Issue 3 May/June2013, News, Revolutionary Period 1912-23, Volume 21. Aiken representing Ireland at the United Nations in the 1960s, where he pursued a non-aligned position somewhat at odds with Lemass, who favoured orienting Ireland ever closer to Anglo-American hegemony.
Aiken was Minister for Finance (1945–8) for three years following the war and was involved in economic post–war development, in the industrial, agricultural, educational and other spheres. However, it was as Minister for External Affairs (1951–4, 1957–69) that Aiken fulfilled his enormous political potential.
24 de jan. de 2024 · Frank Aiken was primarily responsible for originating the non-proliferation concept in 1958. He propelled the campaign with a heavy personal investment of time and energy in it. Although a senior and longstanding member of the Fianna Fáil government, closely aligned with the party’s elder statesman Eamon de Valera, his non-proliferation initiative was not immune from senior internal criticism.
5 de ago. de 2014 · Frank Aiken inspects Irish troops in 1954. Born in Camlough, South Armagh in 1898, he spent the years of his youth in the IRA, rising to become commander of its Fourth Northern Division in 1921 during the War of Independence. This was a more important position than even equivalent IRA commands as it straddled the new border with Northern ...
Aiken was first elected to the Dáil for the Louth constituency in August 1923, and joined Fianna Fáil upon the party’s creation in 1926. He held his Dáil seat for 50 years, serving in various Fianna Fáil administrations as Minister for Defence, Lands, Finance, and External Affairs, becoming particularly active in the UN whilst holding the latter portfolio.
Frank Aiken married Maud Davin in October 1934. They had three children, Frank (Francis), Lochlann and Aedamar. In 1983 he died peacefully, at the age of eighty-five, his wife having predeceased him by five years. Archival History. This collection was deposited in UCD Archives on 9 July 1991 by Frank and Eileen Aiken, his son and daughter-in-law.
Ireland: Frank Aiken’s Early Steps to Contain Nuclear Proliferation Mervyn O’Driscoll Introduction The Irish Minister for External Affairs Frank Aiken’s crusade for a nuclear non-proliferation resolution (1958 and 1961) was a component of his wider policy of addressing critical international problems, but it was also an assertion of Ireland’s role as a middle power.
