Michael Collins (Irish leader)

Michael Collins
Michael Collins 1922
Chairman of the Provisional Government
In office January 1922 – 22 August 1922
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	W. T. Cosgrave
Minister for Finance
In office 2 April 1919 – 22 August 1922
Preceded by	Eoin MacNeill
Succeeded by	W. T. Cosgrave
Minister for Home Affairs
In office 22 January 1919 – 1 April 1919
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Arthur Griffith
Teachta Dála
In office May 1921 – August 1922
Constituency	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West
In office December 1918 – May 1921
Constituency	Cork South
Personal details
Born	(1890-10-16)16 October 1890 Sam's Cross, County Cork, Ireland
Died	22 August 1922(1922-08-22) (aged 31) Béal na mBláth, County Cork, Ireland
Political party	Sinn Féin

Michael "Mick" Collins (Irish: Míċeál Ó Coileáin;^[1] 16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary leader. He was a Minister for Finance and Teachta Dála (TD member of parliament) for Cork South in the First Dáil of 1919. He was also the Director of Intelligence for the Southern IRA, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations. After that he was both Chairman of the Provisional Government and Commander-in-chief of the National Army.^[2] Throughout this time, at least as of 1919, he was also President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Under the rules of the Brotherhood this meant that he was President of the Irish Republic. Collins was shot and killed in August 1922, during the Irish Civil War.

1. ↑ "Evidence of an Irish politician's scruples on expenses ... in 1922". The Irish Times. 8 November 2010.
2. ↑ "Mr. Michael Collins". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 June 2009.