What is Brendan Halligan?
'''Brendan Halligan''' (5 July 1936 – 9 August 2020) was an Irish economist and politician.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Brendan-Halligan.S.1973-06-01/|title=Brendan Halligan|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref> He was founder and president of the [[Institute of International and European Affairs]] (IIEA). He was president of the Ireland China Institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://irelandchinainstitute.ie/ici-president-brendan-halligan/|title=Brendan Halligan, President|website=ICI|access-date=10 August 2020|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807041526/https://irelandchinainstitute.ie/ici-president-brendan-halligan/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was also a Board Member of Mainstream Renewable Power. He was General Secretary of the [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]], a [[Teachta Dála]] (TD), a [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]], and a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP). He was born in [[Dublin]]. He died on 9 August 2020, aged 84.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Libreri|first=Samantha|date=2020-08-09|title=Former Labour Party TD, MEP Brendan Halligan dies|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0809/1158181-brendan-halligan/|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Halligan, Brendan}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Irish businesspeople]] [[Category:Economists]] [[Category:Politicians from Dublin]] [[Category:MEPs for Ireland]]