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While Fine Gael was responsible for the initial nomination of the uncontested, first President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde, a Fine Gael candidate has never won an election to the office of president. The Fine Gael presidential candidate, Gay Mitchell, finished fourth in the 2011 presidential election, with 6.4% of the vote. [141]
The Deputy leader of Fine Gael is a senior politician within the Fine Gael political party in Ireland. The post is currently held by Helen McEntee, who was appointed deputy on 19 October 2024. [1] Like other political party leaders, the leader of Fine Gael has the power to appoint or dismiss their deputy.
Leo Varadkar was elected leader of Fine Gael in on 2 June 2017 and was appointed as Taoiseach on 14 June 2017. [4] At 38 years old he became the youngest person to hold the office, and Ireland's first openly gay head of government. [5] He later served as Tánaiste from 2020 to 2022 before becoming Taoiseach again in December 2022. [6] [7]
Simon Harris is the new leader of Ireland’s Fine Gael political party and is poised ... with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW). In 2016, he was picked as the country ...
Former deputy leader of Fine Gael Simon Coveney has said it will be a “very difficult proposition” for the party to re-enter a coalition with Fianna Fail without a rotating taoiseach.
Minister McEntee said she made her decision not to stand for the Fine Gael leadership in the “immediate future” one or two years ago, insisting that the fall out from the far right influenced ...
Entered office Left office Elected Period Party 1 W. T. Cosgrave: 6 December 1922 [d] 9 March 1932: 5 terms – Cumann na nGaedheal: 2 Éamon de Valera: 9 March 1932 [e] [f] 18 February 1948: 6 terms [g] 1st time Fianna Fáil: 3 John A. Costello: 18 February 1948: 13 June 1951: 1 term 1st time Fine Gael (2) Éamon de Valera: 13 June 1951: 2 ...
Taoiseach Simon Harris has warned that Fine Gael cannot be taken for granted in government formation talks. The party leader said speculation had prematurely jumped to issues around how ministries ...