Most senior politician in Ireland's main centre-right party From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Leader of Fianna Fáil is the most senior politician within the Fianna Fáil political party in Ireland. Since 26 January 2011, the office has been held by Micheál Martin.
Leader of Fianna Fáil | |
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Inaugural holder | Éamon de Valera |
Formation | 23 March 1926 |
Website | Micheál Martin, TD |
No. | Name | Portrait | Constituency | Term of Office | Taoiseach[1] | |||
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1 | Éamon de Valera | Clare | 23 March 1926 | 23 June 1959 | W. T. Cosgrave (1922–32)[1] | |||
Éamon de Valera (1932–48)[1] | ||||||||
John A. Costello (1948–51) | ||||||||
Éamon de Valera (1951–54) | ||||||||
John A. Costello (1954–57) | ||||||||
Éamon de Valera (1957–59) | ||||||||
2 | Seán Lemass | Dublin South-Central | 23 June 1959 (leadership election) |
10 November 1966 | Seán Lemass (1959–66) | |||
3 | Jack Lynch | Cork Borough (1948–69) Cork City North-West (1969–77) Cork City (1977–81) |
10 November 1966 (leadership election) |
7 December 1979 | Jack Lynch (1966–73) | |||
Liam Cosgrave (1973–77) | ||||||||
Jack Lynch (1977–79) | ||||||||
4 | Charles Haughey | Dublin North-East (1957–77) Dublin Artane (1977–81) Dublin North-Central (1981–92) |
7 December 1979 (leadership election) |
6 February 1992 | Charles Haughey (1979–81) | |||
Garret FitzGerald (1981–82) | ||||||||
Charles Haughey (1982) | ||||||||
Garret FitzGerald (1982–87) | ||||||||
Charles Haughey (1987–92) | ||||||||
5 | Albert Reynolds | Longford–Westmeath | 6 February 1992 (leadership election) |
19 December 1994 | Albert Reynolds (1992–94) | |||
6 | Bertie Ahern | Dublin Central | 19 December 1994 (leadership election) |
7 May 2008 | John Bruton (1994–97) | |||
Bertie Ahern (1997–2008) | ||||||||
7 | Brian Cowen | Laois–Offaly | 7 May 2008 (leadership election) |
22 January 2011 | Brian Cowen (2008–11) | |||
8 | Micheál Martin | Cork South-Central | 26 January 2011 (leadership election) |
Incumbent | ||||
Enda Kenny (2011–2017) | ||||||||
Leo Varadkar (2017–2020) | ||||||||
Micheál Martin (2020–2022) | ||||||||
Leo Varadkar (2022–present) |
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