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James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead

James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician (b. 1920)
James Henry Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, KBE, PC (27 August 1920 – 9 March 2015) was a Northern Irish unionist politician, and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1979 to 1995. He was a leading member and sometime vice-president of the Conservative Monday Club. An Orangeman, he was also Sovereign Grand Master of the Royal Black Institution from 1971 to 1995.

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    Cuba-United States relations

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