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The Government of Ireland (Irish: Rialtas na hÉireann) is the executive authority of the Republic of Ireland, headed by the Taoiseach, the head of government.The government – also known as the cabinet – is composed of ministers, each of whom must be a member of the Oireachtas, which consists of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann.
This is a list of public-representative office-holders in Ireland. It includes both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland , as well as offices within the Lordship of Ireland (1171–1542), the Kingdom of Ireland (1542–1800) and for Ireland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922).
The 1937 Constitution of Ireland requires the government to consist of between seven and fifteen members, [10] including the Taoiseach (prime minister). The Taoiseach is elected by Dáil Éireann (the lower house of the Oireachtas), [11] and chooses the other ministers [11] including the Tánaiste (deputy prime minister).
1st Ministry: 2: Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) MP for Clare East and Mayo East until 1921 TD for Clare from 1921: 1 April 1919 9 January 1922 2 years, 283 days Sinn Féin: 1921: 2nd Ministry (1919–1921) 3rd Ministry (1921–1922) 3: Arthur Griffith [b] (1872–1922) TD for Cavan: 10 January 1922 12 August 1922 214 days Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty ...
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, who in 1977 became the first female Parliamentary Secretary; and in 1978 became the first female Minister of State. A Minister of State in Ireland (also called a junior minister) is of non-cabinet rank attached to one or more Departments of State of the Government of Ireland and assists a Minister of that government.
The Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 allowed the Executive Council (from 1937, the government of Ireland) to appoint up to seven Parliamentary Secretaries to the Executive Council or to Executive Ministers, who held office during the duration of the government and while they were a member of the Oireachtas. [4]
6 years, 4 months, 4 days 2,316 13 Enda Kenny: 9 March 2011 14 June 2017 1 6 years, 3 months, 5 days 2,289 [h] 7 Charles Haughey: 10 March 1987 11 February 1992 3 4 years, 11 months, 1 day 1,799 [h] 6 Liam Cosgrave: 14 March 1973 5 July 1977 1 4 years, 3 months, 22 days 1,574 8 Garret FitzGerald: 14 December 1982 10 March 1987 2 4 years, 2 ...
The executive branch of the modern state of Ireland is titled the Government of Ireland.It has had this title since the adoption of the Constitution of Ireland in 1937. The Ministry of Dáil Éireann was the cabinet of the unrecognised Irish Republic, which operated from 1919 to 1922.