William Craig (Politician)

Northern Ireland, Belfast, Ulster
Herausgegeben:Ethan, Sören J.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. William "Bill" Craig (2 December 1924 25 April 2011) was a Northern Ireland politician best known for forming the Unionist Vanguard movement.From Cookstown, County Tyrone, Craig was educated at Royal School Dungannon, Larne Grammar School and Queen's University Belfast.After serving in the Royal Air Force (as a Lancaster bomber rear gunner) during World War II he became a solicitor.He was active in the Ulster Unionist Party and led the Ulster Young Unionist Council. He was elected to the Stormont Parliament in a by-election in 1960 for Larne, and became a Minister in 1963. He held several portfolios under Terence O'Neill, eventually as Minister for Home Affairs. His most renowned action while in this office was to ban the march of Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association on 5 October 1968. He also accused the civil rights movement of being a political front for the IRA.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing / VolvPress
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786138719564
• ISBN-10: 6138719565
• Artikelnr.: 35264445