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href="office.cfm?id=1&party=LB"><img src="images/party/lb.gif" class="lozenge" alt="Labour" title="Click for Labour only"></a> <a href="office.cfm?id=1&party=PD"><img src="images/party/pd.gif" class="lozenge" alt="Progressive Democrats" title="Click for PD only"></a> <a href="office.cfm?id=1&party=GP"><img src="images/party/gp.gif" class="lozenge" alt="Greens" title="Click for Greens only"></a> <a href="office.cfm?id=1&party=SF"><img src="images/party/sf.gif" class="lozenge" alt="Sinn Féin" title="Click for SF only"></a> <h1> Taoiseach </h1> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="margin-top:0px"> <table class="table"> <tr> <td align="right"> 16 January 1922</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (218) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/psf.gif" alt=" Pro-Treaty Sinn F茅in" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 1 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=6695"> Michael Collins</a></td><td> </td> <td> Chairman of the Provisional Government </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 22 August 1922</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (106) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/psf.gif" alt=" Pro-Treaty Sinn F茅in" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 2 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=1106"> W T Cosgrave</a></td><td> </td> <td> Chairman of the Provisional Government </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 6 December 1922</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (3381) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/cg.gif" alt=" Cumann na nGaedheal" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 1 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=1106"> W T Cosgrave</a></td><td> </td> <td> President of the Executive Council </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 9 March 1932</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (2121) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/ff.gif" alt=" Fianna Fail" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 2 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=921"> Eamon de Valera</a></td><td> </td> <td> President of the Executive Council </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 29 December 1937</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (3703) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/ff.gif" alt=" Fianna Fail" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 1 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=921"> Eamon de Valera</a> (1)</td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 18 February 1948</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (1211) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/fg.gif" alt=" Fine Gael" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 2 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=1837"> John A Costello</a> (1)</td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 13 June 1951</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (1085) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/ff.gif" alt=" Fianna Fail" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"></td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=921"> Eamon de Valera</a> (2)</td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 2 June 1954</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (1022) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/fg.gif" alt=" Fine Gael" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"></td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=1837"> John A Costello</a> (2)</td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 20 March 1957</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (825) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/ff.gif" alt=" Fianna Fail" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"></td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=921"> Eamon de Valera</a> (3)</td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 23 June 1959</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (2697) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/ff.gif" alt=" Fianna Fail" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 3 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=1472"> Se谩n Lemass</a></td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 10 November 1966</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (2316) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/ff.gif" alt=" Fianna Fail" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 4 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=2210"> Jack Lynch</a> (1)</td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 14 March 1973</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (1574) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/fg.gif" alt=" Fine Gael" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 5 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=6544"> Liam Cosgrave</a></td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 5 July 1977</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (889) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/ff.gif" alt=" Fianna Fail" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"></td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=2210"> Jack Lynch</a> (2)</td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 11 December 1979</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (567) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/ff.gif" alt=" Fianna Fail" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 6 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=2403"> Charles Haughey</a> (1)</td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 30 June 1981</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (252) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/fg.gif" alt=" Fine Gael" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 7 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=2881"> Garret Fitzgerald</a> (1)</td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 9 March 1982</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (280) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/ff.gif" alt=" Fianna Fail" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"></td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=2403"> Charles Haughey</a> (2)</td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 14 December 1982</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (1547) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/fg.gif" alt=" Fine Gael" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"></td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=2881"> Garret Fitzgerald</a> (2)</td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 10 March 1987</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (1799) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/ff.gif" alt=" Fianna Fail" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"></td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=2403"> Charles Haughey</a> (3)</td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 11 February 1992</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (1038) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/ff.gif" alt=" Fianna Fail" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 8 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=3189"> Albert Reynolds</a></td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 15 December 1994</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (924) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/fg.gif" alt=" Fine Gael" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 9 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=2954"> John Bruton</a></td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 26 June 1997</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (3967) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/ff.gif" alt=" Fianna Fail" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 10 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=3133"> Bertie Ahern</a></td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 7 May 2008</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (1036) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/ff.gif" alt=" Fianna Fail" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 11 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=3697"> Brian Cowen</a></td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 9 March 2011</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (2288) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/fg.gif" alt=" Fine Gael" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 12 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=3199"> Enda Kenny</a></td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> 14 June 2017</td><td></td> <td align="right"> (2720) </td><td></td> <td><img src="images/party/fg.gif" alt=" Fine Gael" width="50" height="30" border="0"></td><td> </td> <td align="right"> 13 </td> <td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="candidate.cfm?id=321"> Leo Varadkar</a></td><td> </td> <td> Taoiseach </td> </tr> </table> Number of days in office is shown in brackets where this can be calculated. This is a new feature, and the results may be variable due to insufficient data. <a href="candidate.cfm?ID=1089">Cathal Brugha</a> was acting President of the <a href="results/general/01dail.cfm">First Dáil</a>, January-April 1919. Upon his release from prison, Eamon de Valera became President of the First Dáil, April 1919-August 1921 and President of the <a href="results/general/02dail.cfm">Second Dáil</a> from August 1921-January 1922. Michael Collins was Chairman of the Provisional Government which came into being after the Dáil ratified the Anglo-Irish Treaty in January 1922. W T Cosgrave became Chairman of the Provisional Government following the assassination of Michael Collins on 22 August 1922. From December 1922 until 1937 the office of Prime Minister was known as President of the Executive Council. 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