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Government of the 17th Dáil

10th Government of Ireland
Date formed11 November 1961
Date dissolved21 April 1965
People and organisations
Head of stateÉamon de Valera
Head of governmentSeán Lemass
Deputy head of governmentSeán MacEntee
Total no. of members14
Member partyFianna Fáil
Status in legislatureMinority Government
Opposition leaderJames Dillon (Fine Gael)
History
Election1961 general election
Legislature term17th Dáil
Predecessor9th Government of Ireland
Successor11th Government of Ireland

The 17th Dáil was elected at the 1961 general election on 4 October 1961 and first met on 11 November when the 10th Government of Ireland was appointed. The 17th Dáil lasted for 1,281 days.

10th Government of Ireland

The 10th Government of Ireland (11 November 1961 – 21 April 1965) was formed by the Fianna Fáil party.[1]

Office Name Term
Taoiseach style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Seán Lemass 1961–65
Tánaiste rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Seán MacEntee 1961–65
Minister for Health
Minister for Agriculture style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Paddy Smith[2] 1961–64
Minister for Defence style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Gerald Bartley 1961–65
Minister for Education style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Patrick Hillery 1961–65
Minister for Finance style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | James Ryan 1961–65
Minister for External Affairs style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Frank Aiken 1961–65
Minister for the Gaeltacht rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Micheál Ó Móráin 1961–65
Minister for Lands
Minister for Industry and Commerce style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Jack Lynch 1961–65
Minister for Justice style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Charles Haughey 1961–64
Minister for Local Government style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Neil Blaney 1961–65
Minister for Posts and Telegraphs style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Michael Hilliard 1961–65
Minister for Social Welfare style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Kevin Boland 1961–65
Minister for Transport and Power style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Erskine H. Childers 1961–65

Changes 8 October 1964

Following Paddy Smith's resignation:

Office Name Term
Minister for Agriculture style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Charles Haughey 1964–65
Minister for Justice style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Seán Lemass (acting)

Changes 3 November 1964

Office Name Term
Minister for Justice style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Brian Lenihan 1964–65

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ "History of Government – Seventeenth Dáil". Department of the Taoiseach. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. ^ Paddy Smith resigned on 8 October 1964 in protest at the government's response to certain farming issues.
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