Michael Collins ( 16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary leader, politician,
Minister for Finance, Director of Information, and
Teachta Dála (TD) for
Cork South in the
First Dáil of 1919, Adjutant General, Director of
Intelligence, and Director of Organisation and Arms Procurement for the
IRA, President of the
Irish Republican Brotherhood from November 1920 until his death, and member of the Irish
delegation during the
Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations. Subsequently, he was both
Chairman of the Provisional Government and
Commander-in-chief of the
National Army. Collins was shot and killed in an ambush in August 1922 during the
Irish Civil War.