Leader of Fine Gael
leader of the Irish political party Fine Gael
The Leader of Fine Gael is the most senior politician within the Fine Gael political party in Ireland. Since 24 March 2024, the office has been held by Simon Harris following the resignation of Leo Varadkar.
| Leader of Fine Gael | |
|---|---|
| Inaugural holder | Eoin O'Duffy |
| Formation | 8 September 1933 |
| Deputy | Simon Coveney[1] |
| Website | Simon Harris |
The deputy leader of Fine Gael is Simon Coveney.[1]
Leaders
change| No. | Name | Portrait | Constituency | Term of Office | Taoiseach[a] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eoin O'Duffy | 
|
None[b] | 1933 | 1934 | Éamon de Valera (1932–1948) | ||
| 2 | W. T. Cosgrave | 
|
Carlow–Kilkenny (until 1927) Cork Borough (from 1927) |
1934 | 1944 | |||
| 3 | Richard Mulcahy [c][d] |
|
Tipperary | 1944 | 1959 | |||
| John A. Costello (1948–1951)[e] | ||||||||
| Éamon de Valera (1951–1954) | ||||||||
| John A. Costello (1954–1957) | ||||||||
| Éamon de Valera (1957–1959) | ||||||||
| 4 | James Dillon | 
|
Monaghan | 1959 | 1965 | Seán Lemass (1959–1966) | ||
| 5 | Liam Cosgrave | 
|
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown | 1965 | 1977 | Jack Lynch (1966–1973) | ||
| Liam Cosgrave (1973–1977) | ||||||||
| 6 | Garret FitzGerald | .jpg)
|
Dublin South-East | 1977 | 1987 | Jack Lynch (1977–1979) | ||
| Charles Haughey (1979–1981) | ||||||||
| Garret FitzGerald (1981–1982) | ||||||||
| Charles Haughey (1982) | ||||||||
| Garret FitzGerald (1982–1987) | ||||||||
| 7 | Alan Dukes | .jpg)
|
Kildare | 1987 | 1990 | Charles Haughey (1987–1992) | ||
| 8 | John Bruton | .jpg)
|
Meath | 1990 | 2001 | |||
| Albert Reynolds (1992–1994) | ||||||||
| John Bruton (1994–1997) | ||||||||
| Bertie Ahern (1997–2008) | ||||||||
| 9 | Michael Noonan | 
|
Limerick East | 2001 | 2002 | |||
| 10 | Enda Kenny | .jpg)
|
Mayo | 2002 | 2017 | |||
| Brian Cowen (2008–2011) | ||||||||
| Enda Kenny (2011–2017) | ||||||||
| 11 | Leo Varadkar | 
|
Dublin West | 2017 | 2024 | Leo Varadkar (2017–2020) | ||
| Micheál Martin (2020–2022) | ||||||||
| Leo Varadkar (2022–present) | ||||||||
| 12 | Simon Harris | .jpg)
|
Wicklow | 2024 | Incumbent | Leo Varadkar (2022–present) | ||
Notes
change- ↑ The office of head of government was the President of the Executive Council from 1922 to 1937.
- ↑ O'Duffy did not hold a seat in the Oireachtas while he was party leader.
- ↑ While Mulcahy was a member of the Seanad in 1944, Tom O'Higgins acted as parliamentary party leader.
- ↑ Between 1948 and 1959, John A. Costello served as parliamentary party leader.
- ↑ Clann na Poblachta (under former anti-Treaty IRA Chief of Staff Seán MacBride) were opposed to Mulcahy because of his role as Chief of Staff of the Irish Army in the execution of republicans during the Irish Civil War. Former Attorney General John A. Costello was chosen to head the government.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leo Varadkar [@LeoVaradkar] (13 June 2017). "Delighted to appoint @simoncoveney as Deputy Leader of @finegael. Together we will guide FG's role in Govt and re-energise the party" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
