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List of office holders

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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

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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
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
9 March 1932 29 December 1937 1932 (7th) 6th Fianna Fáil
1933 (8th) 7th
1937 (9th) 8th

Taoiseach

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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
15 December 1994 26 June 1997 24th Fine Gael
with Labour; Dem. Left
11. Bertie Ahern
(1951– )
TD for Dublin Central
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
9 March 2011 Incumbent 2011 (31st) 29th Fine Gael
with:
Labour
  1. ^ "Coughlan new Tánaiste in Cowen Cabinet". The Irish Times. 17 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Taoiseach reveals new front bench". RTÉ News. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  3. ^ "Cowen confirmed as Taoiseach". BreakingNews.ie. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  4. ^ "Former Taoisigh". Department of the Taoiseach. Retrieved 23 June 2010.