Frank Aiken was the Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs between
1952 and
1969 (with exception of
1954-
1957 when his party
Fianna Fáil went into opposition) and who was a revolutionary hero of the twenties and Founding Father of Fianna Fáil. Aiken had his moments of fame in the
United Nations General Assembly. He introduced the so-called 'Aiken Plan' to combine
disarmament and peace in the
Middle East. He received the honour to sign as first minister the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in
1968 in Moscow.