Irish Heads of Government - Cinn Rialtais na hÉireann

Date: 19 Jan 1921
Location: Ireland
Surnames/tags: taoisigh tanaisti ireland

List Irish Heads of Government - Liosta Cheann Rialtais na hÉireann

Note: Taoisigh and Tánaistí are conventionally numbered to include the President and Vice-Presidents of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, though not the Presidents and Deputy President of the Revolutionary Dáil or Chairmen of the Provisional Government.

Dáil No.	Taoiseach No.	Photo	Name	Ainm	Party	Term	Tánaiste No.	Photo	Name	Ainm	Party	Term
	President of Dáil Éireann						Deputy President of Dáil Éireann
1			Cathal Brugha	Cathal Brugha	Sinn Féin	1919 - 1919
			Éamon de Valera	Éamon de Bhailéara	Sinn Féin	1919 - 1922			Arthur Griffith	Art Ó Gríobhtha	Sinn Féin	1919 - 1921
2
			Arthur Griffith	Art Ó Gríobhtha	Sinn Féin	1922 - 1922
	Chairman of the Provisional Government
			Michael Collins	Mícheál Ó Coileáin	Sinn Féin	1922 - 1922
			W. T. Cosgrave	Liam Tomás Mac Cosgair	Sinn Féin	1922 - 1922
	President of the Executive Council						Vice-President of the Executive Council
3	1		W. T. Cosgrave	Liam Tomás Mac Cosgair	Cumann na nGaedheal	1922 - 1932	1		Kevin O'Higgins	Caoimhghín Ó hUigín	Cumann na nGaedheal	1922 - 1927
4
5							2		Ernest Blythe	Earnán de Blaghd	Cumann na nGaedheal	1927 - 1932
6
7	2		Éamon de Valera	Éamon de Bhailéara	Fianna Fáil	1932 - 1937	3		Séan T. O’Kelly	Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh	Fianna Fáil	1932 - 1937
8
9
	Taoiseach						Tánaiste
	(2)		Éamon de Valera	Éamon de Bhailéara	Fianna Fáil	1937 - 1948	(3)		Séan T. O’Kelly	Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh	Fianna Fáil	1937 - 1945
10
11
12
							4		Seán Lemass	Seán Lemass	Fianna Fáil	1948 - 1948
13	3		John A. Costello	Seán A. Mac Coisdealbha	Fine Gael	1948 - 1951	5		William Norton (Wikipedia)	Liam Ó Neachtain	Labour Party	1948 - 1951
14	(2)		Éamon de Valera	Éamon de Bhailéara	Fianna Fáil	1951 - 1954	(4)		Seán Lemass	Seán Lemass	Fianna Fáil	1951 - 1954
15	3		John A. Costello	Seán A. Mac Coisdealbha	Fine Gael	1954 - 1957	(5)		William Norton (Wikipedia)	Liam Ó Neachtain	Labour Party	1954 - 1957
16	(2)		Éamon de Valera	Éamon de Bhailéara	Fianna Fáil	1957 - 1959	(4)		Seán Lemass	Seán Lemass	Fianna Fáil	1957 - 1959
	4		Seán Lemass	Seán Lemass	Fianna Fáil	1959 - 1966	6		Seán MacEntee	Seán Mac an tSaoi	Fianna Fáil	1959 - 1965
17
18							7		Frank Aiken	Proinsias Mac Aodhagáin	Fianna Fáil	1965 - 1969
	5		Jack Lynch	Seán Ó Loingsigh	Fianna Fáil	1966 - 1973
19							8		Erskine H. Childers	Erskine H. Childers	Fianna Fáil	1969 - 1973
20	6		Liam Cosgrave	Liam Mac Cosgair	Fine Gael	1973 - 1977	9		Brendan Corish (Wikipedia)	Breandán Mac Fheorais	Labour Party	1973 - 1977
21	(5)		Jack Lynch	Seán Ó Loingsigh	Fianna Fáil	1977 - 1979	10		George Colley (Wikipedia)	Seoirse Ó Colla	Fianna Fáil	1977 - 1981
	7		Charles Haughey	Cathal Ó hEochaidh	Fianna Fáil	1979 - 1981
22	8		Garret FitzGerald	Gearóid Mac Gearailt	Fine Gael	1981 - 1982	11		Michael O'Leary (Wikipedia)	Mícheál Ó Laoire	Labour Party	1981 - 1982
23	(7)		Charles Haughey	Cathal Ó hEochaidh	Fianna Fáil	1982 - 1982	12	Living.	Ray MacSharry (Wikipedia)	Réamann Mac Searraigh	Fianna Fáil	1982 - 1982
24	(8)		Garret FitzGerald	Gearóid Mac Gearailt	Fine Gael	1982 - 1987	13	Living.	Dick Spring (Wikipedia)	Risteard Mac An Earraigh	Labour Party	1982 - 1987
							14		Peter Barry	Peadar de Barra	Fine Gael	1987 - 1987
25	(7)		Charles Haughey	Cathal Ó hEochaidh	Fianna Fáil	1987 - 1992	15		Brian Lenihan (Wikipedia)	Brian Ó Luineacháin	Fianna Fáil	1987 - 1990
26
							16		John Wilson (Wikipedia)	Seán Mac Uilliam	Fianna Fáil	1990 - 1993
	9		Albert Reynolds	Ailbhe Mac Raghnaill	Fianna Fáil	1992 - 1994
27							(13)	Living.	Dick Spring (Wikipedia)	Risteard Mac An Earraigh	Labour Party	1993 - 1994
							17	Living.	Bertie Ahern	Bertie Ó hEachthairn	Fianna Fáil	1994 - 1994
	10		John Bruton	Seán de Briotún	Fine Gael	1994 - 1997	(13)	Living.	Dick Spring (Wikipedia)	Risteard Mac An Earraigh	Labour Party	1994 - 1997
28	11	Living.	Bertie Ahern	Bertie Ó hEachthairn	Fianna Fáil	1997 - 2008	18	Living.	Mary Harney (Wikipedia)	Máire Ní Áirne	Progressive Democrats	1997 - 2006
29
							19	Living.	Michael McDowell (Wikipedia)	Mícheál Mac Dubhghaill	Progressive Democrats	2006 - 2007
30							20	Living.	Brian Cowen (Wikipedia)	Brian Ó Comhain	Fianna Fáil	2007 - 2008
	12	Living.	Brian Cowen (Wikipedia)	Brian Ó Comhain	Fianna Fáil	2008 - 2011	21	Living.	Mary Coughlan (Wikipedia)	Máire Ní Chochláinn	Fianna Fáil	2008 - 2011
31	13	Living.	Enda Kenny (Wikipedia)	Éanna Ó Coinnigh	Fianna Fáill	2011 - 2017	22	Living.	Eamon Gilmore (Wikipedia)	Éamon Mac Giollamóir	Labour Party	2011 - 2014
							23	Living.	Joan Burton (Wikipedia)	Siobhán de Bhurtúin	Labour Party	2014 - 2016
32							24	Living.	Frances Fitzgerald (Wikipedia)	Proinséas Nic Gearailt	Fine Gael	2016 - 2018
	14	Living.	Leo Varadkar	Leo de Varad	Fine Gael	2017 - 2020
							25	Living.	Simon Covney (Wikipedia)	Síomón Ó Cómhanaigh	Fine Gael	2017 - 2020
33	15	Living.	Micheál Martin (Wikipedia)	Mícheál Ó Máirtín	Fianna Fáil	2020 - 2022	26	Living.	Leo Varadkar	Leo de Varad	Fine Gael	2020 - 2022
	(14)	Living.	Leo Varadkar	Leo de Varad	Fine Gael	2022 - 2024	27	Living.	Micheál Martin (Wikipedia)	Mícheál Ó Máirtín	Fianna Fáil	2022 - Incumbent
	16	Living.	Simon Harris	Síomón Ó hEarchaí	Fine Gael	2024 - Incumbent

Sources - Foinsí

• Bunreacht na hÉireann: Articles 13 and 28. (https://assets.gov.ie/2605/011118150904-7d0cf7762a324f89828b12f7cfed59b4.pdf)
• "Former Taoisigh". gov.ie (https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/9feb2a-former-taoisigh/)
• Wikipedia:
  • President of Dáil Éireann - Wikidata: Item Q7241266, en:Wikipedia
  • Chairman of the Provisional Government - Wikidata: Item Q5068105, en:Wikipedia
  • President of the Executive Council - Wikidata: Item Q4376681, en:Wikipedia
  • Vice-President of the Executive Council - Wikidata: Item Q7925007, en:Wikipedia
  • Taoiseach - Wikidata: Item Q191827, en:Wikipedia
  • Tánaiste - Wikidata: Item Q1146214, en:Wikipedia