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| image = James Fitzsimons.jpg<br />
| caption = Fitzsimons in 1984<br />
| office = [[Minister of State (Ireland)|Minister of State]]<br />
| subterm = Oct.–Dec. 1982<br />
| suboffice = [[Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport|Industry and Energy]]<br />
| office2 = [[Teachta Dála]]<br />
| term_start2 = [[1977 Irish general election|June 1977]]<br />
| term_end2 = [[1987 Irish general election|February 1987]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Meath (Dáil constituency)|Meath]]<br />
| office3 = [[Member of the European Parliament]]<br />
| term_start3 = [[1984 European Parliament election in Ireland|1 July 1984]]<br />
| term_end3 = [[2004 European Parliament election in Ireland|24 May 2004]]<br />
| constituency4 = [[Leinster (European Parliament constituency)|Leinster]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|12|16|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Navan]], [[County Meath]], Ireland<br />
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| nationality = [[Irish people|Irish]]<br />
| party = [[Fianna Fáil]]<br />
| spouse = <br />
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| education = [[St Patrick's Classical School]]<br />
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'''James Fitzsimons''' (born 16 December 1936) is an Irish former [[Fianna Fáil]] politician.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/James-N-Fitzsimons.D.1977-07-05/|title=James Fitzsimons|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=1 January 2013|archive-date=8 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108190544/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/James-N-Fitzsimons.D.1977-07-05|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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A publican from [[Navan]], [[County Meath]], he was educated at [[St Patrick's Classical School]] in Navan. Fitzsimons was elected to the [[21st Dáil]] as a Fianna Fáil [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Meath (Dáil constituency)|Meath]] constituency on his first attempt at the [[1977 Irish general election|1977 general election]],<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4187|title=Jim Fitzsimons|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=1 January 2013|archive-date=1 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001171916/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4187|url-status=live}}</ref> and re-elected until retiring at the [[1987 Irish general election|1987 general election]] to concentrate on his [[European Parliament]] seat. He was succeeded in the Dáil by [[Noel Dempsey]].<br />
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He was appointed as [[Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport|Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Energy]] on 28 October 1982 by the short-lived [[18th Government of Ireland|1982 Haughey Government]] in a reshuffle. The Dáil was dissolved on 4 November after the government lost a vote of confidence.<br />
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He was elected as an [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] at the [[List of members of the European Parliament for Ireland, 1984–1989|1984 European Parliament election]] and retained his seat for 20 years, until retiring at the [[2004 European Parliament election in Ireland|2004 European Parliament election]].<br />
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