Philip Dunleavy CBE (5 October 1915 - 13 January 1996) was a Labour Party councillor in Cardiff, Wales. He was Lord Mayor of Cardiff 1982-83 and leader of

Cardiff City Council Cardiff City Council was the local government district authority that administered the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales, from 1974 until 1996. The district council replaced the pre-1974 county borough council. It was succeeded in 1996 by Car ...

for five years.Tony Heat
"OBITUARY: Philip Dunleavy"
'' The Independent'', 18 January 1996. Retrieved 2013-04-29. Dunleavy was born in Cardiff and began working for the Post Office when he was 14 years old. He continued working for them until his retirement in 1975. As a Labour Party councillor, he served on Cardiff City Council from 1962 to 1983 and was Leader of the Council from 1974 to 1976 and 1979-82. He also served on South Glamorgan County Council from 1974 to 1981. In 1982 he became Lord Mayor of Cardiff. Dunleavy was awarded an

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

in 1978 and a CBE in 1983 for "services to local government in South Glamorgan". In January 1993 he was bestowed the honour of the

Freedom of the City The Freedom of the City (or Borough in some parts of the UK) is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the community, or upon a visiting celebrity or dignitary. Arising from the medieval practice of granting respected ...

of Cardiff, one of only two people to receive this honour during the 1990s."Freedom of Cardiff: List of recipients from 1886"
'' BBC News'', 24 February 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-29. Dunleavy died in Cardiff on 13 January 1996. In tribute the local MP and Labour national home affairs spokesman,

Alun Michael Alun Edward Michael (born 22 August 1943) is a Welsh Labour politician serving as South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner since 2012. He served as Secretary of State for Wales from 1998 to 1999 and then as the first First Secretary of Wales ...

, said Dunleavy "towered over Cardiff's political landscape".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunleavy, Philip 1915 births 1996 deaths Welsh Labour councillors Councillors in Cardiff Mayors of Cardiff Politicians from Cardiff Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Members of South Glamorgan County Council Labour Party (UK) mayors Leaders of local authorities of Wales