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List of office holders[edit]
Main articles: Irish heads of government since 1919, Records of Irish heads of government since 1922
Before the enactment of the 1937 Constitution, the head of government was referred to as the President of the Executive Council. This office was first held by W. T. Cosgrave of Cumann na nGaedheal from 1922–32, and then by Éamon de Valera from 1932–37. By convention Taoisigh are numbered to include Cosgrave,[1][2][3][4] for example Brian Cowen is considered the 12th Taoiseach not the 11th.
President of the Executive Council[edit] | ||||||||||
| No. | Name (Birth–Death); Constituency |
Portrait | Term of Office | Elected (Dáil) |
Exec. Council |
Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | W. T. Cosgrave (1880–1965) TD for Carlow–Kilkenny until 1927 TD for Cork Borough from 1927 |
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6 December 1922 | 9 March 1932 | 1922 (3rd) | 1st | Cumann na nGaedheal | |||
| 1923 (4th) | 2nd | |||||||||
| Jun.1927 (5th) | 3rd | |||||||||
| Sep.1927 (6th) | 4th | |||||||||
| 5th | ||||||||||
| 2. | Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) TD for Clare |
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9 March 1932 | 29 December 1937 | 1932 (7th) | 6th | Fianna Fáil | |||
| 1933 (8th) | 7th | |||||||||
| 1937 (9th) | 8th | |||||||||
Taoiseach[edit] | ||||||||||
| No. | Name (Birth–Death); Constituency |
Portrait | Term of Office | Elected (Dáil) |
Govt. | Party of Taoiseach Other parties in govt. | ||||
| 2. | Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) TD for Clare |
|
29 December 1937 | 18 February 1948 | — | 1st | Fianna Fáil | |||
| 1938 (10th) | 2nd | |||||||||
| 1943 (11th) | 3rd | |||||||||
| 1944 (12th) | 4th | |||||||||
| 3. | John A. Costello (1891–1976) TD for Dublin South East |
60px | 18 February 1948 | 13 June 1951 | 1948 (13th) | 5th | Fine Gael with Labour; CnaP; CnaT; National Labour until 1950 | |||
| (2) | Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) TD for Clare |
|
13 June 1951 | 2 June 1954 | 1951 (14th) | 6th | Fianna Fáil | |||
| (3) | John A. Costello (1891–1976) TD for Dublin South East |
60px | 2 June 1954 | 20 March 1957 | 1954 (15th) | 7th | Fine Gael with Labour; Clann na Talmhan | |||
| (2) | Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) TD for Clare |
|
20 March 1957 | 23 June 1959 | 1957 (16th) | 8th | Fianna Fáil | |||
| 4. | Seán Lemass (1899–1971) TD for Dublin South Central |
60px | 23 June 1959 | 10 November 1966 | 9th | Fianna Fáil | ||||
| 1961 (17th) | 10th | |||||||||
| 1965 (18th) | 11th | |||||||||
| 5. | Jack Lynch (1917–1999) TD for Cork Borough until 1969 TD for Cork City North West from 1969 |
60px | 10 November 1966 | 14 March 1973 | 12th | Fianna Fáil | ||||
| 1969 (19th) | 13th | |||||||||
| 6. | Liam Cosgrave (1920– ) TD for Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown |
60px | 14 March 1973 | 5 July 1977 | 1973 (20th) | 14th | Fine Gael with Labour | |||
| (5) | Jack Lynch (1917–1999) TD for Cork City |
60px | 5 July 1977 | 11 December 1979 | 1977 (21st) | 15th | Fianna Fáil | |||
| 7. | Charles Haughey (1925–2006) TD for Dublin Artane |
60px | 11 December 1979 | 30 June 1981 | 16th | Fianna Fáil | ||||
| 8. | Garret FitzGerald (1926– ) TD for Dublin South East |
30 June 1981 | 9 March 1982 | 1981 (22nd) | 17th | Fine Gael with Labour | ||||
| (7) | Charles Haughey (1925–2006) TD for Dublin North Central |
60px | 9 March 1982 | 14 December 1982 | Feb.1982 (23rd) | 18th | Fianna Fáil | |||
| (8) | Garret FitzGerald (1926– ) TD for Dublin South East |
14 December 1982 | 10 March 1987 | Nov.1982 (24th) | 19th | Fine Gael with Labour | ||||
| (7) | Charles Haughey (1925–2006) TD for Dublin North Central |
60px | 10 March 1987 | 11 February 1992 | 1987 (25th) | 20th | Fianna Fáil | |||
| 1989 (26th) | 21st | Fianna Fáil with PDs | ||||||||
| 9. | Albert Reynolds (1932– ) TD for Longford–Roscommon |
60px | 11 February 1992 | 15 December 1994 | 22nd | Fianna Fáil with PDs | ||||
| 1992 (27th) | 23rd | Fianna Fáil with Labour | ||||||||
| 10. | John Bruton (1947– ) TD for Meath |
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15 December 1994 | 26 June 1997 | 24th | Fine Gael with Labour; Dem. Left | ||||
| 11. | Bertie Ahern (1951– ) TD for Dublin Central |
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26 June 1997 | 6 May 2008 | 1997 (28th) | 25th | Fianna Fáil with PDs; Green from 2007 | |||
| 2002 (29th) | 26th | |||||||||
| 2007 (30th) | 27th | |||||||||
| 12. | Brian Cowen (1960– ) TD for Laois–Offaly |
7 May 2008 | 9 March 2011 | 28th | Fianna Fáil with: PDs until Nov. 2009; Greens until Jan. 2011 | |||||
| 13. | Enda Kenny (1951– ) TD for Mayo |
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9 March 2011 | Incumbent | 2011 (31st) | 29th | Fine Gael with: Labour | |||
- ^ "Coughlan new Tánaiste in Cowen Cabinet". The Irish Times. 17 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
- ^ "Taoiseach reveals new front bench". RTÉ News. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
- ^ "Cowen confirmed as Taoiseach". BreakingNews.ie. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
- ^ "Former Taoisigh". Department of the Taoiseach. Retrieved 23 June 2010.