{{Short description|Irish former politician (born 1933)}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=June 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Liam Hyland 1999.jpg | caption = Hyland in 1999 | office = Member of the European Parliament | term_start = June 1994 | term_end = July 2004 | constituency = Leinster | office1 = Minister of State | suboffice1 = Agriculture, Food and Forestry | subterm1 = 1993–1994 | suboffice2 = Agriculture and Food | subterm2 = 1992–1993 | office3 = Teachta Dála | term_start3 = June 1981 | term_end3 = June 1997 | constituency3 = Laois–Offaly | office4 = Senator | term_start4 = 27 October 1977 | term_end4 = 11 June 1981 | constituency4 = Industrial and Commercial Panel | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|4|23|df=y}} | birth_place = County Laois, Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | party = Fianna Fáil | spouse = | relatives = | children = | education = | alma_mater = }} '''Liam Hyland''' (born 23 April 1933) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who was an elected representative for over 25 years, as a Senator, Teachta Dála (TD) and Member of the European Parliament (MEP).<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Liam-Hyland.S.1977-10-27/|title=Liam Hyland|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=26 July 2010|archive-date=7 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107225031/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Liam-Hyland.S.1977-10-27|url-status=live}}</ref>
Born in Ballacolla, County Laois, Hyland first stood for election to Dáil Éireann at the 1977 general election for Laois–Offaly, when Fianna Fáil secured three out of the five seats. However, the party had ambitiously fielded four candidates and Hyland was the only one not returned to the 21st Dáil.<ref name="electionsirl-laois-offaly-77">{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1977&cons=150|title=General Election 1977: Laois–Offaly|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=26 July 2010|archive-date=21 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221225120/http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1977&cons=150|url-status=live}}</ref> However, he successfully stood for election to the 14th Seanad, being returned by the Industrial and Commercial Panel.
Paddy Lalor, one of the three Fianna Fáil TDs for Laois–Offaly, did not contest the 1981 general election. Fianna Fáil again put forward four candidates, but this time Hyland was the first of three to be elected, taking his seat in the 22nd Dáil.<ref name="electionsirl-laois-offaly-81">{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1981&cons=150|title=General Election 1981: Laois–Offaly|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=26 July 2010|archive-date=21 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221225234/http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1981&cons=150|url-status=live}}</ref> He was re-elected at the five subsequent general elections, of February 1982, November 1982, 1987, 1989 and 1992.<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3180|title=Liam Hyland|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=26 July 2010|archive-date=21 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221232515/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=3180|url-status=live}}</ref>
In February 1992, when Albert Reynolds succeeded as Taoiseach, Hyland was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food with special responsibility for rural enterprise by the Fianna Fáil–Progressive Democrats government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1992-02-13/3/|title=Members of Government and Ministers of State: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (26th Dáil) – Vol. 415 No. 7|date=13 February 1992|access-date=29 September 2022|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=16 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116163602/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1992-02-13/3/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite Irish legislation|year=1992|type=si|number=450|name=Agriculture and Food (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 1992|date=27 October 1992|access-date=29 September 2022}}</ref> In January 1993, he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry with special responsibility for forestry and rural development by the Fianna Fáil–Labour Party coalition government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1993-02-10/2/|title=Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil) – Vol. 425 No. 7|date=10 February 1993|access-date=29 September 2022|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=9 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109133603/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1993-02-10/2/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite Irish legislation|year=1993|type=si|number=46|name=Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 1993|date=27 January 1993|access-date=29 September 2022}}</ref>
In the 1994 European Parliament election, he was elected as an MEP for the Leinster constituency, and he did not contest the 1997 general election. He was re-elected at the 1999 European Parliament election and retired in 2004.
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