leader of the Irish political party Fine Gael From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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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]
No. | Name | Portrait | Constituency | Term of Office | Taoiseach[lower-alpha 1] | |||
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1 | Eoin O'Duffy | None[lower-alpha 2] | 1933 | 1934 | Éamon de Valera (1932–1948) | |||
2 | W. T. Cosgrave | Carlow–Kilkenny (until 1927) Cork Borough (from 1927) |
1934 | 1944 | ||||
3 | Richard Mulcahy [lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4] |
Tipperary | 1944 | 1959 | ||||
John A. Costello (1948–1951)[lower-alpha 5] | ||||||||
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 | 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 | Kildare | 1987 | 1990 | Charles Haughey (1987–1992) | |||
8 | John Bruton | 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 | 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 | Wicklow | 2024 | Incumbent | Leo Varadkar (2022–present) |
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