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==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 borne 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.

Offices

Príomh Aire
n/a Aireacht (or Ministry) Irish Republic Dáil Constitution 1919–Dec. 1922
Chairman n/a Provisional Government Southern Ireland Irish Free State (Agreement) Act, 1922 Jan–Dec. 1922
President Vice President Executive Council Irish Free State Constitution of the Irish Free State Dec. 19221937
Taoiseach Tánaiste Government Éire / Ireland Constitution of Ireland 1937present

List of office holders

#
Name Entered Office Left Office Party
1. Cathal Brugha 21 January 1919 1 April 1919 Sinn Féin
2. Éamon de Valera (1st time) 1 April 1919 9 January 1922 Sinn Féin
3. Arthur Griffith 10 January 1922 12 August 1922 Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty faction)
4. Michael Collins
Éamon de Valera (2nd time) 9 March 1932 18 February 1948 Fianna Fáil
6. John A. Costello (1st time) 18 February 1948 13 June 1951 Fine Gael
Éamon de Valera (3rd time) 13 June 1951 2 June 1954 Fianna Fáil
John A. Costello (2nd time) 2 June 1954 20 March 1957 Fine Gael
Éamon de Valera (4th time) 20 March 1957 23 June 1959 Fianna Fáil
7. Seán Lemass 23 June 1959 10 November 1966 Fianna Fáil
8. Jack Lynch (1st time) 10 November 1966 14 March 1973 Fianna Fáil
9. Liam Cosgrave 14 March 1973 5 July 1977 Fine Gael
Jack Lynch (2nd time) 5 July 1977 11 December 1979 Fianna Fáil
10. Charles Haughey (1st time) 11 December 1979 30 June 1981 Fianna Fáil
11. Garret FitzGerald (1st time) 30 June 1981 9 March 1982 Fine Gael
Charles Haughey (2nd time) 9 March 1982 14 December 1982 Fianna Fáil
Garret FitzGerald (2nd time) 14 December 1982 10 March 1987 Fine Gael
Charles Haughey (3rd time) 10 March 1987 11 February 1992 Fianna Fáil
12. Albert Reynolds 11 February 1992 15 December 1994 Fianna Fáil
13. John Bruton 15 December 1994 26 June 1997 Fine Gael
14. Bertie Ahern 26 June 1997 6 May 2008 Fianna Fáil
15. Brian Cowen 7 May 2008 Incumbent Fianna Fáil

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 has existed continuously since 2007. Since 1921, there have been three different prime ministerial offices in Northern Ireland.

Offices

Prime Minister
Government 1921–1971
Chief Executive Executive (Sunningdale) 1973–1974
First Minister Executive 1999–present

List of office holders

#
Name Entered Office Left Office Party
1. Sir James Craig 7 June 1921 24 November 1940 Ulster Unionist Party
2. John Miller Andrews 25 November 1940 1 May 1943 Ulster Unionist Party
3. Sir Basil Brooke 1 May 1943 25 March 1963 Ulster Unionist Party
4. Terence O'Neill 25 March 1963 1 May 1969 Ulster Unionist Party
5. James Chichester-Clark 1 May 1969 23 March 1971 Ulster Unionist Party
6. Brian Faulkner (1st time) 23 March 1971 30 March 1972 Ulster Unionist Party
Brian Faulkner (2nd time) 1 January 1974 28 May 1974 Ulster Unionist Party
7. David Trimble 1 July 1998 14 October 2002 Ulster Unionist Party
8. Ian Paisley 8 May 2007 Incumbent Democratic Unionist Party

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