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Noun: Eamon de Valera  'ey-mûn du vaa'ley-ru
  1. Irish statesman (born in the United States) who served as Prime Minister and President of Ireland; instrumental in creating the 1937 constitution that established the Republic of Ireland (1882-1975)
    "Eamon de Valera dominated Irish politics for several decades";
    - de Valera

Type of: national leader, statesperson

Encyclopedia: Eamon de Valera