List of Prime Ministers edit
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- Cosgrave ministry
- De Valera ministry (3 times)
- Costello ministry (2 times)
- Lemass ministry
- Lynch ministry (2 times)
- Liam Cosgrave ministry
- Haughey ministry (3 times)
- FitzGerald ministry (2 times)
- Albert Reynolds
- John Bruton
- Bertie Ahern
- Brian Cowen
- Enda Kenny
List of Deputy Prime Ministers edit
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(for political parties)
(Governments)
Single party government
Vice-President of the Executive Council edit | |||||||||||||
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Other ministerial offices held while Vice-President |
Political party of Vice-President and Position |
President | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin O'Higgins (1892–1927) |
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6 December 1922 | 10 July 1927 | Cumann na nGaedheal | • • • |
W. T. Cosgrave | |||||||
| Ernest Blythe (1889–1975) |
14 July 1927 | 9 March 1932 | Cumann na nGaedheal | • • • | |||||||||
| Seán T. O'Kelly | 
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9 March 1932 | 29 December 1937 | Fianna Fáil | • • • |
Éamon de Valera | |||||||
Tánaiste edit | |||||||||||||
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Other ministerial offices held while Tánaiste |
Political party of Tánaiste and Position |
Taoiseach | ||||||||
| Anthony Eden | 
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26 October 1951 | 6 April 1955 | Deputy Prime Minister Foreign Secretary |
Conservative | • | Winston Churchill | ||||||
| Office Not in Use | 1955–1962 | • | Anthony Eden | ||||||||||
| • | Harold Macmillan | ||||||||||||
| R. A. Butler | File:RA Butler by Stoneman.jpg | 13 July 1962 | 18 October 1963 | Deputy Prime Minister First Secretary of State |
Conservative | ||||||||
| Office Not in Use | 1963–1979 | • • • • • |
Home Wilson Heath Wilson Callaghan | ||||||||||
| William Whitelaw (Viscount Whitelaw from 1983) |
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4 May 1979 | 10 January 1988 | Deputy Prime Minister Home Secretary (1979–1983) Lord President of the Council (from 1983) Leader of the House of Lords (from 1983) |
Conservative | • | Margaret Thatcher | ||||||
| Sir Geoffrey Howe | 
|
24 July 1989 | 1 November 1990 | Deputy Prime Minister Lord President of the Council Leader of the House of Commons |
Conservative | ||||||||
| Office Not in Use | 1990–1995 | • | John Major | ||||||||||
| Michael Heseltine | 
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20 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 | Deputy Prime Minister First Secretary of State |
Conservative | ||||||||
| John Prescott | 
|
2 May 1997 | 27 June 2007 | Deputy Prime Minister Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (until 2001) First Secretary of State (from 2001) |
Labour (Deputy Leader) | • | Tony Blair | ||||||
| Office Not in Use | 2007–2010 | • | Gordon Brown | ||||||||||
| Nick Clegg | 
|
11 May 2010 | Incumbent | Deputy Prime Minister Lord President of the Council[1][2] Minister for Constitutional and Political Reform |
Liberal Democrats (Leader) Junior leader in a Coalition Government |
• | David Cameron | ||||||
List of Foreign Secretaries edit
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Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs, 1782–1801 edit | |||||||||
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| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||||
| Charles James Fox | 
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27 March 1782 | 5 July 1782 (resigned) |
Whig | • | The Marquess of Rockingham | |||
| The Lord Grantham | 
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13 July 1782 | 2 April 1783 | Whig | • | The Earl of Shelburne | |||
| Charles James Fox |
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2 April 1783 | 19 December 1783 | Whig | • | The Duke of Portland | |||
| The Earl Temple | 
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19 December 1783 | 23 December 1783 | Tory | • | William Pitt the Younger | |||
| The Marquess of Carmarthen (Duke of Leeds from 1789) |
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23 December 1783 | May 1791 (resigned) |
Tory | |||||
| The Lord Grenville | 
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8 June 1791 | 20 February 1801 | Tory | |||||
Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs, 1801–1900 edit | |||||||||
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||||
| The Lord Hawkesbury (subsequently Earl of Liverpool) |
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20 February 1801 | 14 May 1804 | Tory | • | Henry Addington | |||
| The Lord Harrowby | 
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14 May 1804 | 11 January 1805 | Tory | • | William Pitt the Younger | |||
| The Lord Mulgrave | 
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11 January 1805 | 7 February 1806 | Tory | |||||
| Charles James Fox |
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7 February 1806 | 13 September 1806 (died) |
Whig | • | Lord Grenville | |||
| Viscount Howick (subsequently Earl Grey) |
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24 September 1806 | 25 March 1807 | Whig | |||||
| George Canning | 
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25 March 1807 | 11 October 1809 (resigned) |
Tory | • | The Duke of Portland | |||
| The Earl Bathurst | 
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11 October 1809 | 6 December 1809 | Tory | |||||
| The Marquess Wellesley | 
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6 December 1809 | 4 March 1812 | • | Spencer Perceval | ||||
| Viscount Castlereagh | 
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4 March 1812 | 12 August 1822 (died) |
Tory | • | The Earl of Liverpool | |||
| George Canning |
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16 September 1822 | 30 April 1827 | Tory | |||||
| The Earl of Dudley | 
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30 April 1827 | 2 June 1828 | Tory | • | George Canning | |||
| • | The Viscount Goderich | ||||||||
| The Earl of Aberdeen | 
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2 June 1828 | 22 November 1830 | Tory | • | The Duke of Wellington | |||
| Viscount Palmerston | 
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22 November 1830 | 14 November 1834 | Whig | • | The Earl Grey | |||
| • | The Viscount Melbourne | ||||||||
| The Duke of Wellington | 
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14 November 1834 | 18 April 1835 | Tory | • | The Duke of Wellington | |||
| • | Sir Robert Peel | ||||||||
| Viscount Palmerston |
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18 April 1835 | 2 September 1841 | Whig | • • |
The Viscount Melbourne | |||
| The Earl of Aberdeen |
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2 September 1841 | 6 July 1846 | Conservative | • | Sir Robert Peel | |||
| Viscount Palmerston |
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6 July 1846 | 26 December 1851 | Whig | • | Lord John Russell | |||
| The Earl Granville | 
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26 December 1851 | 27 February 1852 | Whig | |||||
| The Earl of Malmesbury | File:3rd Earl of Malmesbury.jpg | 27 February 1852 | 28 December 1852 | Conservative | • | The 14th Earl of Derby | |||
| Lord John Russell | 
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28 December 1852 | 21 February 1853 | Whig | • | The Earl of Aberdeen | |||
| The Earl of Clarendon | 
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21 February 1853 | 26 February 1858 | Whig | |||||
| • | Viscount Palmerston | ||||||||
| The Earl of Malmesbury | File:3rd Earl of Malmesbury.jpg | 26 February 1858 | 18 June 1859 | Conservative | • | The 14th Earl of Derby | |||
| Lord John Russell (Earl Russell from 1861) |
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18 June 1859 | 3 November 1865 | Liberal | • | Viscount Palmerston | |||
| The Earl of Clarendon |
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3 November 1865 | 6 July 1866 | Liberal | • | The Earl Russell | |||
| Lord Stanley (subsequently 15th Earl of Derby) |
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6 July 1866 | 9 December 1868 | Conservative | • | The 14th Earl of Derby | |||
| • | Benjamin Disraeli | ||||||||
| The Earl of Clarendon |
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9 December 1868 | 6 July 1870 | Liberal | • | William Ewart Gladstone | |||
| The Earl Granville |
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6 July 1870 | 21 February 1874 | Liberal | |||||
| The 15th Earl of Derby |
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21 February 1874 | 2 April 1878 | Conservative | • | Benjamin Disraeli | |||
| The Marquess of Salisbury | 
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2 April 1878 | 28 April 1880 | Conservative | |||||
| The Earl Granville |
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28 April 1880 | 24 June 1885 | Liberal | • | William Ewart Gladstone | |||
| The Marquess of Salisbury |
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24 June 1885 | 6 February 1886 | Conservative | • | The Marquess of Salisbury | |||
| The Earl of Rosebery | .jpg)
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6 February 1886 | 3 August 1886 | Liberal | • | William Ewart Gladstone | |||
| The Earl of Iddesleigh | 
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3 August 1886 | 12 January 1887 (died) |
Conservative | • | The Marquess of Salisbury | |||
| The Marquess of Salisbury |
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14 January 1887 | 11 August 1892 | Conservative | |||||
| The Earl of Rosebery |
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18 August 1892 | 11 March 1894 | Liberal | • | William Ewart Gladstone | |||
| The Earl of Kimberley | 
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11 March 1894 | 21 June 1895 | Liberal | • | The Earl of Rosebery | |||
| The Marquess of Salisbury |
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29 June 1895 | 12 November 1900 | Conservative | • | The Marquess of Salisbury | |||
Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs, 1900–1968 edit | |||||||||
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||||
| The Marquess of Lansdowne | 
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12 November 1900 | 4 December 1905 | Liberal Unionist | • | The Marquess of Salisbury | |||
| • | Arthur Balfour | ||||||||
Cabinet Positions edit
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- Minister for Education and Skills
- Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government
- Minister for Finance (Ireland)
- Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Minister for Justice and Equality
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