Valentine Jago
Irish politician and businessman (1913–1983)
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Richard Valentine Jago (1913 – 2 November 1983)[1] was a politician and businessman in Cork city in Ireland. He was Secretary of the Cork Methodist Association in 1940,[2] Lord Mayor of Cork from 1957 to 1958 when a member of the Cork Civic Party,[3] and chairman of the Cork Chamber of commerce from 1964 to 1965.[4]
ConstituencyNominated by the Taoiseach
Born1913
Cork, Ireland
Died2 November 1983 (aged 69–70)
Cork, Ireland
Valentine Jago | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 27 October 1977 – 8 October 1981 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1913 Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 2 November 1983 (aged 69–70) Cork, Ireland |
| Party | |
After the Civic Party's dissolution in 1966 he joined Fianna Fáil and was nominated to the Seanad by the Taoiseach after the 1977 general election,[1] serving until 1981. He was an unsuccessful Fianna Fáil candidate at the November 1982 general election for the Cork South-Central constituency.[5]