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Irish heads of government since 1919
Republic of Ireland (and predecessor states)
The head of government, or prime minister, of the modern Republic of Ireland is known as the 'Taoiseach' and heads a cabinet called the Government. However, since 1919, heads of government in the southern state have bourne a number of titles. Under the short-lived Irish Republic of 1919-1922 the head of government was known first as the 'Príomh Aire' or 'President of Dáil Éireann' and later as the 'President of the Republic'. Under the 1922-1937 Irish Free State the head of government was the President of the Executive Council. There also briefly existed, immediately before the creation of the Irish Free State, an interim office of Chairman of the Provisional Government. For a brief period in 1921 the offices of President of the Republic and Chairman of the Provisional Government existed simultaneously.
| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Party |
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| 1. | Cathal Brugha | January, 1919 | April, 1919 | Sinn Féin
| | 2. | Eamon de Valera | April, 1919 | January, 1922 | Sinn Féin
| | 3. | Arthur Griffith1 | January 10, 1922 | August 12, 1922 | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty faction)
| | 4. | Michael Collins1 | January 16, 1922 | August 22, 1922 | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty faction)
| | 5. | William T. Cosgrave | August, 1922 | March 9, 1932 | Cumann na nGaedheal2
| | Eamon de Valera (2nd time) | March 9, 1932 | February 18, 1948 | Fianna Fáil
| | 6. | John A. Costello | February 18, 1948 | June 13, 1951 | Fine Gael
| | Eamon de Valera (3rd time) | June 13, 1951 | June 2, 1954 | Fianna Fáil
| | John A. Costello (2nd time) | June 2, 1954 | March 20, 1957 | Fine Gael
| | Eamon de Valera (4th time) | March 20, 1957 | June 23, 1959 | Fianna Fáil
| | 7. | Sean Lemass | June 23, 1959 | November 10, 1966 | Fianna Fáil
| | 8. | Jack Lynch | November 10, 1966 | March 14, 1973 | Fianna Fáil
| | 9. | Liam Cosgrave | March 14, 1973 | July 5, 1977 | Fine Gael
| | Jack Lynch (2nd time) | July 5, 1977 | December 11, 1979 | Fianna Fáil
| | 10. | Charles J. Haughey | December 11, 1979 | June 30, 1981 | Fianna Fáil
| | 11. | Garret FitzGerald | June 30, 1981 | March 9, 1982 | Fine Gael
| | Charles J. Haughey (2nd time) | March 9, 1982 | December 14, 1982 | Fianna Fáil
| | Garret FitzGerald (2nd time) | December 14, 1982 | March 10, 1987 | Fine Gael
| | Charles J. Haughey (3rd time) | March 10, 1987 | February 11, 1992 | Fianna Fáil
| | 12. | Albert Reynolds | February 11, 1992 | December 15, 1994 | Fianna Fáil
| | 13. | John Bruton | December 15, 1994 | June 26, 1997 | Fine Gael
| | 14. | Bertie Ahern | June 26, 1997 | (Current incumbent) | Fianna Fáil
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Northern Ireland
The most recent devolved cabinet in Northern Ireland is the Northern Ireland Executive, established under the Belfast Agreement. The Executive has been in operation, intermittently, since 1999, but is currently in suspension. Since 1921, there have been three different prime ministerial offices in Northern Ireland.
| No.
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| | 1. | Sir James Craig | June 7, 1921 | November 24, 1940 | Ulster Unionist Party
| | 2. | John Miller Andrews | November 25, 1940 | May 1, 1943 | Ulster Unionist Party
| | 3. | Sir Basil Brooke | May 1, 1943 | March 25, 1963 | Ulster Unionist Party
| | 4. | Terence O'Neill | March 25, 1963 | May 1, 1969 | Ulster Unionist Party
| | 5. | James Chichester-Clark | May 1, 1969 | March 23, 1971 | Ulster Unionist Party
| | 6. | Brian Faulkner | March 23, 1971 | March 30, 1972 | Ulster Unionist Party
| | Brian Faulkner (2nd time) | 1973 | 1974 | Ulster Unionist Party
| | 7. | David Trimble | 1999 | 2002 | Ulster Unionist Party
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Footnotes
- From January to August 1922 there were two administrations operating in parallel, the Provisional Government and the Ministry of the Irish Republic, and each cabinet had an overlapping membership. Thus, during this time, there were two heads of government, Arthur Griffith, as President of the Republic, and Michael Collins as Chairman of the Provisional Government. This anomalous situation came to an end when William T. Cosgrave became assumed both offices on the deaths of Griffith, on the 12 August 1922, and Collins, on 22 August, and merged the two competing administrations.
- When William T. Cosgrave first became head of government he was still technically a member of Sinn Féin. However the pro-Treaty faction of Sinn Féin reformed itself as Cumann na nGaedheal shortly afterwards.
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