View source for Irish cabinets since 1919

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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

==Ireland (and predecessor states)==
The [[Executive (government)|executive]] branch of the modern state of Ireland is titled the [[Government of Ireland]]. It has had this title since the [[adoption of the Constitution of Ireland]] in 1937. The [[Ministry of Dáil Éireann]] was the [[cabinet (government)|cabinet]] of the unrecognised [[Irish Republic]], which operated from 1919 to 1922. This overlapped with the [[Provisional Government of Ireland (1922)|Provisional Government]] which was put in place after the approval of the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]] in January 1922. Both these cabinets ceased to operate from December 1922, on the coming into being of the [[Irish Free State]]. From 1922 to 1937, the cabinet was known as the [[Executive Council of the Irish Free State]].

===Types of government since 1919===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Cabinet
!State
!Head
!Deputy
!Constitution
!Date
|-
|[[Ministry of Dáil Éireann|Ministry]]
|''[[Irish Republic]]''
|[[President of Dáil Éireann]]{{efn|group=roi|[[Éamon de Valera]] used the title '''President of the Republic''' from August 1921 to January 1922.}}
|''N/A''
|[[Dáil Constitution]]
|21 January 1919 – 6 December 1922
|-
|[[Provisional Government of Ireland (1922)|Provisional Government]]
|[[Southern Ireland (1921–22)|Southern Ireland]]
|[[Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State|Chairman]]
|''N/A''
|[[Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922]]
|3 May 1921 – 6 December 1922
|-
|[[Executive Council of the Irish Free State|Executive Council]]
|[[Irish Free State]]
|[[President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State|President]]
|[[Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State|Vice-President]]
|[[Constitution of the Irish Free State]]
|6 December 1922 – 29 December 1937
|-
|[[Government of Ireland|Government]]
|Ireland
|[[Taoiseach]]
|[[Tánaiste]]
|[[Constitution of Ireland]]
| Since 29 December 1937
|}

===Cabinets since 1919===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!State
!Dáil
!Election
!Formation
!Cabinet
!Composition
!colspan="2"|Head
!colspan="2"|Deputy
|-
|rowspan="4" |''[[Irish Republic]]''
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="01.1"| [[Members of the 1st Dáil|1st]]
|data-sort-value="1918" rowspan="2" | [[1918 Irish general election|1918]]
|{{dts|22 January 1919}}
|data-sort-value="Ministry.01"| [[Government of the 1st Dáil#1st ministry|1st ministry]]
|data-sort-value="Sinn Fein" rowspan="2" |{{small|[[Sinn Féin|SF]]}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
|data-sort-value="Brugha"|[[Cathal Brugha]]
|style="background-color: #f9f9f9" |
|data-sort-value="-"| ''N/A''
|- 
|{{dts|1 April 1919}}
|data-sort-value="Ministry.02"| [[Government of the 1st Dáil#2nd ministry|2nd ministry]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
|data-sort-value="de Valera"| [[Éamon de Valera]]
|style="background-color: #f9f9f9" |
|data-sort-value="Griffith, Arthur"| [[Arthur Griffith]]{{efn|group=roi|On 17 June 1919 Griffith was appointed Deputy President.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1919-06-17/3/|title=APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY PRESIDENT – Dáil Éireann (1st Dáil) – Tuesday, 17 June 1919|access-date=31 August 2019|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=31 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831140229/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1919-06-17/3/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
|data-sort-value="02" rowspan="3" |[[Members of the 2nd Dáil|2nd]]
|data-sort-value="1921" rowspan="3" | [[1921 Irish elections|1921]]
|{{dts|26 August 1921}}
|data-sort-value="Ministry.03"|[[Government of the 2nd Dáil#3rd ministry|3rd ministry]]
|data-sort-value="Sinn Fein"|{{small|[[Sinn Féin|SF]]}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
|data-sort-value="de Valera"|Éamon de Valera
|style="background-color: #f9f9f9" |
|data-sort-value="-"| ''N/A''
|-
|{{dts|10 January 1922}}
|data-sort-value="Ministry.04"| [[Government of the 2nd Dáil#4th ministry|4th ministry]]{{efn|group=roi|name=simul|The 4th Ministry and 1st Provisional Government held office simultaneously.}}
|data-sort-value="Sinn Fein (PT)" rowspan="2"|{{small|[[Cumann na nGaedheal|SF (PT)]]}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Griffith"|[[Arthur Griffith]]
|style="background-color: #f9f9f9" |
|data-sort-value="-"| ''N/A''
|- 
| rowspan="2" |[[Southern Ireland (1921–1922)|Southern Ireland]]
|{{dts|16 January 1922}}
|data-sort-value="Provisional.01"|[[Government of the 2nd Dáil#1st provisional government|1st provisional government]]{{efn|group=roi|name=simul}}
|data-sort-value="Collins, Micha1el"|[[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]]{{efn|group=roi|Collins was killed on 22 August 1922. Cosgrave was appointed as Chairman of the Provisional Government on 25 August 1922.}}
|style="background-color: #f9f9f9" |
|data-sort-value="-"| ''N/A''
|-
|data-sort-value="03" rowspan="2" |[[Members of the 3rd Dáil|3rd]]
|data-sort-value="1922.3" rowspan="2"| [[1922 Irish general election|1922]]
|{{dts|30 August 1922}}
|data-sort-value="Provisional.02"|[[Government of the 3rd Dáil#2nd PG|2nd provisional government]]{{efn|group=roi|The 5th Dáil Ministry was formed on 9 September 1922 with the same composition as the Second Provisional Government}}
|data-sort-value="Sinn Fein (PT)" rowspan="2" |{{small|[[Cumann na nGaedheal|SF (PT)]] (minority)}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Cumann na nGaedheal}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Cosgrave, W. T." rowspan="2"| [[W. T. Cosgrave]]
|style="background-color: #f9f9f9" |
|data-sort-value="-"| ''N/A''
|- 
| rowspan="9" |[[Irish Free State]]
|{{dts|6 December 1922}}
|data-sort-value="Executive.01"|[[1st executive council of the Irish Free State|1st executive council]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Cumann na nGaedheal}}" |
|data-sort-value="O Higgins, Kevin"| [[Kevin O'Higgins]]
|- 
|data-sort-value="04"| [[4th Dáil|4th]]
|data-sort-value="1923"| [[1923 Irish general election|1923]]
|{{dts|19 September 1923}}
|data-sort-value="Executive.02"| [[2nd executive council of the Irish Free State|2nd executive council]]
|data-sort-value="Cumann na nGaedheal"|{{small|[[Cumann na nGaedheal|CNG]] (minority)}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Cumann na nGaedheal}}" |
|data-sort-value="Cosgrave, W. T."| [[W. T. Cosgrave]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Cumann na nGaedheal}}" |
|data-sort-value="O Higgins, Kevin"| [[Kevin O'Higgins]]
|- 
| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="05"| [[5th Dáil|5th]]
| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="1927.06"|[[June 1927 Irish general election|June 1927]]
| rowspan="2"|{{dts|23 June 1927}}
| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Executive.03"| [[3rd executive council of the Irish Free State|3rd executive council]]
|data-sort-value="Cumann na nGaedheal" rowspan="2" |{{small|[[Cumann na nGaedheal|CNG]] (minority)}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Cumann na nGaedheal}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Cosgrave, W. T. Cosgrave" rowspan="2"| [[W. T. Cosgrave]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Cumann na nGaedheal}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="O Higgins, Kevin"| [[Kevin O'Higgins]]
|-
|data-sort-value="Blythe, Ernest"| [[Ernest Blythe]]
|-
|data-sort-value="06" rowspan="2" |[[6th Dáil|6th]]
|data-sort-value="1927.09" rowspan="2"| [[September 1927 Irish general election|Sept. 1927]]
|{{dts|11 October 1927}}
|data-sort-value="Executive.04"| [[4th executive council of the Irish Free State|4th executive council]]
|data-sort-value="Cumann na nGaedheal" rowspan="2" |{{small|[[Cumann na nGaedheal|CNG]] (minority)}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Cumann na nGaedheal}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Cosgrave, W. T." rowspan="2"| [[W. T. Cosgrave]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Cumann na nGaedheal}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Blythe, Ernest" rowspan="2"| [[Ernest Blythe]]
|- 
|{{dts|2 April 1930}}
|data-sort-value="Executive.05"| [[5th executive council of the Irish Free State|5th executive council]]
|- 
|data-sort-value="07"| [[7th Dáil|7th]]
|data-sort-value="1932"| [[1932 Irish general election|1932]]
|{{dts|9 March 1932}}
|data-sort-value="Executive.06"| [[6th executive council of the Irish Free State|6th executive council]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail"|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]] (minority)}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="de Valera"| [[Éamon de Valera]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="O Kelly, Sean T"| [[Seán T. O'Kelly]]
|- 
|data-sort-value="08"| [[8th Dáil|8th]]
|data-sort-value="1933"| [[1933 Irish general election|1933]]
|{{dts|8 February 1933}}
|data-sort-value="Executive.07"| [[7th executive council of the Irish Free State|7th executive council]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail"|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]] (minority)}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="de Valera"| [[Éamon de Valera]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="O Kelly, Sean T"| [[Seán T. O'Kelly]]
|-
|data-sort-value="09" rowspan="2"| [[9th Dáil|9th]]
|data-sort-value="1937" rowspan="2"| [[1937 Irish general election|1937]]
|{{dts|21 July 1937}}
|data-sort-value="Executive.08"| [[8th executive council of the Irish Free State|8th executive council]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail" rowspan="2" |{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]] (minority)}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="de Valera" rowspan="2"| [[Éamon de Valera]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="O Kelly, Sean T" rowspan="2" | [[Seán T. O'Kelly]]
|- 
| rowspan="42"|Ireland
|{{dts|29 December 1937}}{{efn|The 8th executive Council became the 1st government of Ireland on the coming into operation of the Constitution of Ireland.}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.01"|[[1st government of Ireland|1st government]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|-
|data-sort-value="10"| [[10th Dáil|10th]]
|data-sort-value="1938"| [[1938 Irish general election|1938]]
|{{dts|30 June 1938}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.02"| [[2nd government of Ireland|2nd government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail"|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="de Valera"| [[Éamon de Valera]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="O Kelly, Sean T"| [[Seán T. O'Kelly]]
|- 
|data-sort-value="11"| [[11th Dáil|11th]]
|data-sort-value="1943"| [[1943 Irish general election|1943]]
|{{dts|1 July 1943}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.03"| [[3rd government of Ireland|3rd government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail minority"|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]] (minority)}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="de Valera"| [[Éamon de Valera]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="O Kelly, Sean T"| [[Seán T. O'Kelly]]
|- 
|data-sort-value="12" rowspan=2| [[12th Dáil|12th]]
|data-sort-value="1944" rowspan=2| [[1944 Irish general election|1944]]
|rowspan=2|{{dts|9 June 1944}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.04" rowspan=2| [[4th government of Ireland|4th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail" rowspan=2|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" rowspan=2|
|data-sort-value="de Valera" rowspan=2| [[Éamon de Valera]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="O Kelly, Sean T"| [[Seán T. O'Kelly]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Lemass, Sean"| [[Seán Lemass]]{{efn|On 19 June 1945 Lemass was appointed as [[Tánaiste]] after the election of O'Kelly as [[President of Ireland]].}}
|-
|data-sort-value="13"| [[13th Dáil|13th]]
|data-sort-value="1948"| [[1948 Irish general election|1948]]
|{{dts|18 February 1948}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.05"| [[5th government of Ireland|5th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fine Gael Labour Clann na Poblachta"|{{small|[[Fine Gael|FG]]–[[Labour Party (Ireland)|Lab]]–[[Clann na Poblachta|CNP]]–[[Clann na Talmhan|CNT]]–[[National Labour Party (Ireland)|NLP]]–[[Independent politician (Ireland)|Ind]]}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" |
|data-sort-value="Costello, John A"| [[John A. Costello]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
|data-sort-value="Norton, William"| [[William Norton]]
|- 
|data-sort-value="14"| [[14th Dáil|14th]]
|data-sort-value="1951"| [[1951 Irish general election|1951]]
|{{dts|13 June 1951}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.06"| [[6th government of Ireland|6th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail minority"|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]] (minority)}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="de Valera"| [[Éamon de Valera]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Lemass, Sean"| [[Seán Lemass]]
|-
|data-sort-value="15"|[[15th Dáil|15th]]
|data-sort-value="1954"| [[1954 Irish general election|1954]]
|{{dts|2 June 1954}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.07"| [[7th government of Ireland|7th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fine Gael Labour Clann na Talmhan"|{{small|[[Fine Gael|FG]]–[[Labour Party (Ireland)|Lab]]–[[Clann na Talmhan|CNT]]}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" |
|data-sort-value="Costello, John A"| [[John A. Costello]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
|data-sort-value="Norton, William"| [[William Norton]]
|-
|data-sort-value="16" rowspan="2"|[[16th Dáil|16th]]
|data-sort-value="1957" rowspan="2"|[[1957 Irish general election|1957]]
|{{dts|20 March 1957}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.08"| [[8th government of Ireland|8th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail" rowspan="2" |{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="de Valera"| [[Éamon de Valera]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Lemass, Sean"| [[Seán Lemass]]
|- 
|{{dts|23 June 1959}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.09"| [[9th government of Ireland|9th government]]
|data-sort-value="Lemass, Sean"| [[Seán Lemass]]
|data-sort-value="MacEntee, Sean"| [[Seán MacEntee]]
|- 
|data-sort-value="17"| [[17th Dáil|17th]]
|data-sort-value="1961"| [[1961 Irish general election|1961]]
|{{dts|11 October 1961}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.10"| [[10th government of Ireland|10th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail minority"|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]] (minority)}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Lemass, Sean"| [[Seán Lemass]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="MacEntee, Sean"| [[Seán MacEntee]]
|-
|data-sort-value="18" rowspan="2" |[[18th Dáil|18th]]
|data-sort-value="1965" rowspan="2"|[[1965 Irish general election|1965]]
|{{dts|21 April 1965}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.11"| [[11th government of Ireland|11th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail" rowspan="2" |{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Lemass, Sean"| [[Seán Lemass]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Aiken, Frank" rowspan="2" |[[Frank Aiken]]
|- 
|{{dts|10 November 1966}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.12"| [[12th government of Ireland|12th government]]
|data-sort-value="Lynch, Jack"| [[Jack Lynch]]
|- 
|data-sort-value="19"| [[19th Dáil|19th]]
|data-sort-value="1969"| [[1969 Irish general election|1969]]
|{{dts|2 July 1969}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.13"| [[13th government of Ireland|13th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail"|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Lynch, Jack"| [[Jack Lynch]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Childers, Erskine" | [[Erskine Hamilton Childers|Erskine H. Childers]]
|-
|data-sort-value="20"| [[20th Dáil|20th]]
|data-sort-value="1973"| [[1973 Irish general election|1973]]
|{{dts|14 March 1973}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.14"| [[14th government of Ireland|14th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fine Gael Labour"|{{small|[[Fine Gael|FG]]–[[Labour Party (Ireland)|Lab]]}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" |
|data-sort-value="Cosgrave, Liam"| [[Liam Cosgrave]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
|data-sort-value="Corish, Brendan" | [[Brendan Corish]]
|-
|data-sort-value="21.1" rowspan="2" |[[21st Dáil|21st]]
|data-sort-value="1977" rowspan="2"|[[1977 Irish general election|1977]]
|{{dts|5 July 1977}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.15" |[[15th government of Ireland|15th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail" rowspan="2"|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Lynch, Jack"| [[Jack Lynch]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Colley, George" rowspan="2" |[[George Colley]]
|- 
|{{dts|11 December 1979}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.16"| [[16th government of Ireland|16th government]]
|data-sort-value="Haughey, Charles"| [[Charles Haughey]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|- 
|data-sort-value="22"| [[22nd Dáil|22nd]]
|data-sort-value="1981"| [[1981 Irish general election|1981]]
|{{dts|30 June 1981}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.17"| [[17th government of Ireland|17th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fine Gael Labour"|{{small|[[Fine Gael|FG]]–[[Labour Party (Ireland)|Lab]] (minority)}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" |
|data-sort-value="FitzGerald, Garret"| [[Garret FitzGerald]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
|data-sort-value="O Leary, Michael"|[[Michael O'Leary (politician)|Michael O'Leary]]
|- 
|data-sort-value="23"| [[23rd Dáil|23rd]]
|data-sort-value="1982.1"| [[February 1982 Irish general election|Feb. 1982]]
|{{dts|9 March 1982}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.18" |[[18th government of Ireland|18th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail minority"|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]] (minority)}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Haughey, Charles"| [[Charles Haughey]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="MacSharry, Ray"| [[Ray MacSharry]]
|-
|data-sort-value="24" rowspan="2"|[[24th Dáil|24th]]
|data-sort-value="1982.2" rowspan="2"|[[November 1982 Irish general election|Nov. 1982]]
| rowspan="2"|{{dts|14 December 1982}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.19" rowspan="2"|[[19th government of Ireland|19th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fine Gael Labour" rowspan="2" |{{small|[[Fine Gael|FG]]–[[Labour Party (Ireland)|Lab]]<br/>[[Fine Gael|FG]] (minority) from Jan. 1987}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="FitzGerald, Garret" rowspan="2" |[[Garret FitzGerald]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
|data-sort-value="Spring, Dick"| [[Dick Spring]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" |
|data-sort-value="Barry, Peter"| [[Peter Barry (politician)|Peter Barry]]{{efn|On 20 January 1987 Spring and the other Labour ministers resigned from government and Barry was appointed as Tánaiste.}}
|- 
|data-sort-value="25"| [[25th Dáil|25th]]
|data-sort-value="1987"| [[1987 Irish general election|1987]]
|{{dts|10 March 1987}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.20"| [[20th government of Ireland|20th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail minority"|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]] (minority)}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Haughey, Charles"| [[Charles Haughey]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Lenihan, Brian"| [[Brian Lenihan Snr|Brian Lenihan]]
|-
|data-sort-value="26" rowspan="3" |[[26th Dáil|26th]]
|data-sort-value="1989" rowspan="3" |[[1989 Irish general election|1989]]
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|12 July 1989}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.21" rowspan="2" |[[21st government of Ireland|21st government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail PD" rowspan="3" |{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]–[[Progressive Democrats|PD]]}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Haughey, Charles" rowspan="2"| [[Charles Haughey]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Lenihan, Brian"| [[Brian Lenihan Snr|Brian Lenihan]]
|-
|data-sort-value="Wilson, John"| [[John Wilson (Irish politician)|John Wilson]]{{efn|On 31 October 1990 Lenihan was dismissed as Tánaiste and on 13 November 1990 Wilson was appointed.}}
|-
|{{dts|11 February 1992}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.22"| [[22nd government of Ireland|22nd government]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Reynolds, Albert"| [[Albert Reynolds]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Wilson, John"| [[John Wilson (Irish politician)|John Wilson]]
|-
|data-sort-value="27" rowspan="3"|[[27th Dáil|27th]]
|data-sort-value="1992" rowspan="3"|[[1992 Irish general election|1992]]
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|12 January 1993}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.23" rowspan="2" |[[23rd government of Ireland|23rd government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail Labour" rowspan="2" |{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]–[[Labour Party (Ireland)|Lab]]<br/>[[Fianna Fáil|FF]] (minority) from Nov. 1994}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Reynolds, Albert" rowspan="2"| [[Albert Reynolds]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
|data-sort-value="Spring, Dick"| [[Dick Spring]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Ahern, Bertie"| [[Bertie Ahern]]{{efn|On 18 November 1994 Spring and the other Labour ministers resigned from government and Ahern was appointed as Tánaiste.}}
|-
|{{dts|15 December 1994}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.24"| [[24th government of Ireland|24th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fine Gael Labour DL"|{{small|[[Fine Gael|FG]]–[[Labour Party (Ireland)|Lab]]–[[Democratic Left (Ireland)|DL]]}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" |
|data-sort-value="Bruton, John"| [[John Bruton]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
|data-sort-value="Spring, Dick"| [[Dick Spring]]
|-
|data-sort-value="28"| [[28th Dáil|28th]]
|data-sort-value="1997"| [[1997 Irish general election|1997]]
|{{dts|26 June 1997}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.25"| [[Government of the 28th Dáil#25th|25th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail PD"|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]–[[Progressive Democrats|PD]] (minority)}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Ahern, Bertie"| [[Bertie Ahern]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Democrats}}" |
|data-sort-value="Harney, Mary"| [[Mary Harney]]
|-
|data-sort-value="29" rowspan="2" | [[29th Dáil|29th]]
|data-sort-value="2002" rowspan="2" |[[2002 Irish general election|2002]]
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|6 June 2002}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.26" rowspan="2"|[[26th government of Ireland|26th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail PD" rowspan="2" |{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]–[[Progressive Democrats|PD]]}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}"  rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Ahern, Bertie" rowspan="2" | [[Bertie Ahern]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Democrats}}"  rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Harney, Mary"| [[Mary Harney]]
|-
|data-sort-value="McDowell, Michael"|[[Michael McDowell (politician)|Michael McDowell]]{{efn|On 13 September 2006 Harney resigned as Tánaiste and McDowell was appointed in her place.}}
|-
|data-sort-value="30" rowspan="2" |[[30th Dáil|30th]]
|data-sort-value="2007" rowspan="2"|[[2007 Irish general election|2007]]
|{{dts|14 June 2007}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.27"| [[27th government of Ireland|27th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail Green"|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]–[[Green Party (Ireland)|GP]]–[[Progressive Democrats|PD]]}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Ahern, Bertie"| [[Bertie Ahern]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Cowen, Brian"| [[Brian Cowen]]
|-
|{{dts|7 May 2008}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.28"| [[28th government of Ireland|28th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fianna Fail Green"|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]–[[Green Party (Ireland)|GP]]–[[Progressive Democrats|PD]]<br/>[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]–[[Green Party (Ireland)|GP]]–[[Independent politician (Ireland)|Ind]] from Nov. 2009<br/>[[Fianna Fáil|FF]] (minority) from Jan. 2011}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Cowen, Brian"| [[Brian Cowen]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Coughlan, Mary"|[[Mary Coughlan (politician)|Mary Coughlan]]
|-
|data-sort-value="31" rowspan="2" |[[31st Dáil|31st]]
|data-sort-value="2011" rowspan="2" |[[2011 Irish general election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|9 March 2011}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.29" rowspan="2" |[[29th government of Ireland|29th government]]
|data-sort-value="Fine Gael Labour" rowspan="2" |{{small|[[Fine Gael|FG]]–[[Labour Party (Ireland)|Lab]]}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Kenny, Enda" rowspan="2" |[[Enda Kenny]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" rowspan="2" |
|data-sort-value="Gilmore, Eamon"|[[Eamon Gilmore]]
|-
|data-sort-value="Burton, Joan"|[[Joan Burton]]{{efn|On 11 July 2014 Gilmore resigned as Tánaiste and Burton was appointed in his place.}}
|-
| rowspan="3" data-sort-value="32.1" |[[32nd Dáil|32nd]]
| rowspan="3" data-sort-value="2016"| [[2016 Irish general election|2016]]
|{{dts|6 May 2016}}
|data-sort-value="Gov.30"| [[30th government of Ireland|30th government]]
| rowspan="3" |{{small|[[Fine Gael|FG]]–[[Independent politician (Ireland)|Ind]] (minority)}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" rowspan=3 |
|data-sort-value="Kenny, Enda"| [[Enda Kenny]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" rowspan=3 |
|data-sort-value="Fitzgerald, Frances"| [[Frances Fitzgerald (politician)|Frances Fitzgerald]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|14 June 2017}}
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Gov.31" | [[31st government of Ireland|31st government]]
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Varadkar" | [[Leo Varadkar]]
|[[Frances Fitzgerald (politician)|Frances Fitzgerald]]
|-
|data-sort-value="Coveney, Simon" | [[Simon Coveney]]{{efn|On 30 November 2017 Fitzgerald resigned as Tánaiste and Coveney was appointed in her place.}}
|-
|data-sort-value="33" rowspan=3|[[33rd Dáil|33rd]]
|data-sort-value="2020" rowspan=3|[[2020 Irish general election|2020]]
|{{dts|26 June 2020}}
| data-sort-value="Gov.32" |[[32nd government of Ireland|32nd government]]
|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]–[[Fine Gael|FG]]–[[Green Party (Ireland)|GP]]}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Martin"| [[Micheál Martin]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}"|
|data-sort-value="Varadkar"| [[Leo Varadkar]]
|-
|{{dts|17 December 2022}}
| data-sort-value="Gov.33" |[[33rd government of Ireland|33rd government]]
|{{small|[[Fine Gael|FG]]–[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]–[[Green Party (Ireland)|GP]]}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" |
|data-sort-value="Varadkar"| [[Leo Varadkar]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Martin"| [[Micheál Martin]]
|-
|{{dts|9 April 2024}}
| data-sort-value="Gov.34" |[[34th government of Ireland|34th government]]
|{{small|[[Fine Gael|FG]]–[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]–[[Green Party (Ireland)|GP]]}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" |
|data-sort-value="Harris"| [[Simon Harris]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Martin"| [[Micheál Martin]]
|-
|data-sort-value="34" |[[34th Dáil|34th]]
|data-sort-value="2024"|[[2024 Irish general election|2024]]
|{{dts|23 January 2025}}
| data-sort-value="Gov.35" |[[35th government of Ireland|35th government]]
|{{small|[[Fianna Fáil|FF]]–[[Fine Gael|FG]]–[[Independent politician (Ireland)|Ind]]}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |
|data-sort-value="Harris"| [[Micheál Martin]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" |
|data-sort-value="Martin"| [[Simon Harris]]
|}
;Footnotes
{{notelist|group=roi}}

==Northern Ireland==
{{See also|List of Northern Ireland Executives}}
The current devolved branch of Northern Ireland is known as the [[Northern Ireland Executive]], established under the [[Good Friday Agreement]]. The Executive has been in operation, intermittently, since 1999, and is current operational. Since 1921, Northern Ireland has been governed by two other [[Devolution|devolved cabinets]]: [[Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland|Executive Committee of the Privy Council]] from 1921 to 1972 and the [[Executive of the 1974 Northern Ireland Assembly|Northern Ireland Executive]] of 1974. Northern Ireland has also been governed by [[Direct rule over Northern Ireland|direct rule]] from 1972 to 1974, 1974–98 and 2002–07.

===Types of government since 1921===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Cabinet
!Head
!Deputy
!Act
!Date
|-
|[[Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland|Executive Committee of<br/>the Privy Council]] 
|[[Prime Minister of Northern Ireland]]
|[[Minister of Finance (Northern Ireland)|Minister of Finance]]{{efn|group=ni|From 3 May 1969, a separate and distinct office of Deputy Prime Minister was created.}}
|[[Government of Ireland Act 1920]]
|7 June 1921 – 30 March 1972
|-
|[[Executive of the 1974 Northern Ireland Assembly|Executive (1974)]]
|[[Executive of the 1974 Northern Ireland Assembly#Chief Executive|Chief Executive]]
|Deputy Chief Executive
|[[Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973]]
|1 January 1974 – 28 May 1974
|-
|[[Northern Ireland Executive|Executive]]
|[[First Minister and deputy First Minister|First Minister]]
|[[First Minister and deputy First Minister|Deputy First Minister]]
|[[Northern Ireland Act 1998]]
|1 July 1998 – 14 October 2002<br/>8 May 2007 – present
|}

===Direct rule===
*The [[Northern Ireland Office]] under the [[Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]], established initially by the [[Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972]] and later [[Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973]].
{{Clear}}

===Cabinets since 1921===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Body
!Election/Formed
!Cabinet
!colspan="2"|Head
!colspan="2"|Deputy
!colspan="2"|Parties
|-
|[[List of members of the 1st House of Commons of Northern Ireland|1st House of Commons]]
|[[1921 Northern Ireland general election|1921 election]]
|rowspan=6|[[Craigavon ministry]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon|James Craig]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Hugh MacDowell Pollock]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Ulster Unionist Party]]
|- 
|[[List of members of the 2nd House of Commons of Northern Ireland|2nd House of Commons]]
|[[1925 Northern Ireland general election|1925 election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|James Craig
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Hugh MacDowell Pollock
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Ulster Unionist Party
|- 
|[[List of members of the 3rd House of Commons of Northern Ireland|3rd House of Commons]]
|[[1929 Northern Ireland general election|1929 election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|James Craig
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Hugh MacDowell Pollock
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Ulster Unionist Party
|- 
|rowspan=2|[[List of members of the 4th House of Commons of Northern Ireland|4th House of Commons]]
|rowspan=2|[[1933 Northern Ireland general election|1933 election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|James Craig
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Hugh MacDowell Pollock
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Ulster Unionist Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[J. M. Andrews|John Miller Andrews]]
|- 
|rowspan=4|[[List of members of the 5th House of Commons of Northern Ireland|5th House of Commons]]
|[[1938 Northern Ireland general election|1938 election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|James Craig
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|John Miller Andrews
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Ulster Unionist Party
|- 
|rowspan=2|1940
|rowspan=2|[[Andrews ministry (Northern Ireland)|Andrews ministry]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|John Miller Andrews
|colspan=2 align=center|None
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Ulster Unionist Party
|- 
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Milne Barbour|John Milne Barbour]]
|-
|1943
|rowspan=10|[[Brookeborough ministry]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough|Basil Brooke]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Maynard Sinclair|John Maynard Sinclair]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Ulster Unionist Party
|-
|[[List of members of the 6th House of Commons of Northern Ireland|6th House of Commons]]
|[[1945 Northern Ireland general election|1945 election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Basil Brooke
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|John Maynard Sinclair
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Ulster Unionist Party
|-
|rowspan=3|[[List of members of the 7th House of Commons of Northern Ireland|7th House of Commons]]
|rowspan=3|[[1949 Northern Ireland general election|1949 election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Basil Brooke
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|John Maynard Sinclair
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Ulster Unionist Party
|-
|colspan=2 align=center|None
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Brian Maginess]]
|-
|rowspan=3|[[List of members of the 8th House of Commons of Northern Ireland|8th House of Commons]]
|rowspan=3|[[1953 Northern Ireland general election|1953 election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Basil Brooke
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Brian Maginess
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Ulster Unionist Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[George Hanna (Belfast MP)|George Boyle Hanna]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Terence O'Neill]]
|-
|[[List of members of the 9th House of Commons of Northern Ireland|9th House of Commons]]
|[[1958 Northern Ireland general election|1958 election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Basil Brooke
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Terence O'Neill
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Ulster Unionist Party
|-
|rowspan=4|[[List of members of the 10th House of Commons of Northern Ireland|10th House of Commons]]
|[[1962 Northern Ireland general election|1962 election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Basil Brooke
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Terence O'Neill
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Ulster Unionist Party
|-
|rowspan=3|1963
|rowspan=5|[[O'Neill ministry]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|[[Terence O'Neill]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Jack Andrews]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Ulster Unionist Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Ivan Neill]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Herbert Kirk]]
|-
|[[List of members of the 11th House of Commons of Northern Ireland|11th House of Commons]]
|[[1965 Northern Ireland general election|1965 election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Terence O'Neill
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Herbert Kirk
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Ulster Unionist Party
|-
|rowspan=4|[[List of members of the 12th House of Commons of Northern Ireland|12th House of Commons]]
|[[1969 Northern Ireland general election|1969 election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Terence O'Neill
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Herbert Kirk
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Ulster Unionist Party
|-
|1969 (May)
|[[Chichester-Clark ministry]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[James Chichester-Clark]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Jack Andrews]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Ulster Unionist Party
|-
|1971
|[[Faulkner ministry]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Brian Faulkner]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Jack Andrews
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Ulster Unionist Party
|-
|1972
|rowspan=3|[[Direct rule (Northern Ireland)|Direct rule]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|[[Secretary of State for Northern Ireland|Secretary of State]] [[William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw|William Whitelaw]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]
|-
|rowspan=6|[[Members of the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly|1973 Assembly]]
|[[1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election|1973 election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|Secretary of State William Whitelaw
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Conservative Party
|-
|1973 (Dec)
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|Secretary of State [[Francis Pym]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Conservative Party
|-
|rowspan=3|1974 (Jan)
|rowspan=3|[[Executive of the 1974 Northern Ireland Assembly|Executive (1974)]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|[[Brian Faulkner]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|[[Gerry Fitt]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Ulster Unionist Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |
|[[Social Democratic and Labour Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |
|[[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland]]
|-
|1974 (May)
|rowspan=12|[[Direct rule (Northern Ireland)|Direct rule]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|[[Secretary of State for Northern Ireland|Secretary of State]] [[Merlyn Rees]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Members of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention|Constitutional Convention]]
|[[Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention|1975 election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|Secretary of State Merlyn Rees
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Labour Party
|-
|1976
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|Secretary of State [[Roy Mason]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Labour Party
|-
|1979
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|Secretary of State [[Humphrey Atkins]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]
|-
|1981
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|Secretary of State [[James Prior]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Conservative Party
|-
|rowspan=5|[[Members of the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly|1982 Assembly]]
|[[1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election|1982 election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|Secretary of State James Prior
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Conservative Party
|-
|1984
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|Secretary of State [[Douglas Hurd]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Conservative Party
|-
|1985
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|Secretary of State [[Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater|Tom King]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Conservative Party
|-
|1989
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|Secretary of State [[Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville|Peter Brooke]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Conservative Party
|-
|1992
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|Secretary of State [[Patrick Mayhew]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Conservative Party
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Members of the Northern Ireland Forum|Forum]]
|[[Northern Ireland Forum|1996 election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|Secretary of State Patrick Mayhew
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Conservative Party
|-
|1997
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|Secretary of State [[Mo Mowlam]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
|-
|rowspan=4|[[1st Northern Ireland Assembly|1st Assembly]]
|rowspan=4|[[1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election|1998 election]]
|rowspan=4|[[Executive of the 1st Northern Ireland Assembly|1st Executive]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=4|
|rowspan=4|[[David Trimble]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[Seamus Mallon]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Ulster Unionist Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |
|[[Social Democratic and Labour Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[Mark Durkan]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Democratic Unionist Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
|[[Sinn Féin]]
|-
|rowspan=3|[[2nd Northern Ireland Assembly|2nd Assembly]]
|[[2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election|2003 election]]
|rowspan=3|[[Direct rule (Northern Ireland)|Direct rule]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|[[Secretary of State for Northern Ireland|Secretary of State]] [[John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan|John Reid]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
|-
|2002
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|Secretary of State [[Paul Murphy, Baron Murphy of Torfaen|Paul Murphy]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Labour Party
|-
|2005
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|colspan=3|Secretary of State [[Peter Hain]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Labour Party
|-
|rowspan=5|[[3rd Northern Ireland Assembly|3rd Assembly]]
|rowspan=5|[[2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election|2007 election]]
|rowspan=5|[[Executive of the 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly|2nd Executive]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[Ian Paisley]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" rowspan=5|
|rowspan=5|[[Martin McGuinness]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Democratic Unionist Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
|[[Sinn Féin]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|[[Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)|Peter Robinson]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Ulster Unionist Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |
|[[Social Democratic and Labour Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |
|[[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland]]
|-
|rowspan=5|[[4th Northern Ireland Assembly|4th Assembly]]
|rowspan=5|[[2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election|2011 election]]
|rowspan=5|[[Executive of the 4th Northern Ireland Assembly|3rd Executive]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=5|
|rowspan=5|[[Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)|Peter Robinson]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" rowspan=5|
|rowspan=5|[[Martin McGuinness]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
|Democratic Unionist Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
|Sinn Féin
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Ulster Unionist Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |
|Social Democratic and Labour Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |
|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|-
|rowspan=2|[[5th Northern Ireland Assembly|5th Assembly]]
|rowspan=2|[[2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election|2016 election]]
|rowspan=2|[[Executive of the 5th Northern Ireland Assembly|4th Executive]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[Arlene Foster]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|[[Martin McGuinness]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
|Democratic Unionist Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
|Sinn Féin
|-
|rowspan=5| [[6th Northern Ireland Assembly|6th Assembly]]
|rowspan=5| [[2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election|2017 election]]{{efn|group=ni|Although the 6th Assembly was elected in 2017, the Executive itself was not appointed until 2020, with no Executive existing between 16 January 2017 and 11 January 2020.}}
|rowspan=5| [[Executive of the 6th Northern Ireland Assembly|5th Executive]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=5|
|rowspan=5|[[Arlene Foster]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" rowspan=5|
|rowspan=5|[[Michelle O'Neill]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
|Democratic Unionist Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
|Sinn Féin
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |
|Social Democratic and Labour Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Ulster Unionist Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |
|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|-
|rowspan=4| [[7th Northern Ireland Assembly|7th Assembly]]
|rowspan=4| [[2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election|2022 election]]{{efn|group=2022|Although the 7th Assembly was elected in 2022, the Executive itself was not appointed until 2024, with no Executive existing between 4 February 2022 and 3 February 2024.}}
|rowspan=4| [[Executive of the 7th Northern Ireland Assembly|6th Executive]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" rowspan=4|
|rowspan=4|[[Michelle O'Neill]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=4|
|rowspan=4|[[Emma Little-Pengelly]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
|Sinn Féin
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
|Democratic Unionist Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |
|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|Ulster Unionist Party
|}
;Footnotes
{{notelist|group=ni}}

==See also==
*[[List of Irish heads of government]]
*[[Dáil election results]]
*[[Dáil vote for Taoiseach]]
*[[Elections in the Republic of Ireland]]
*[[History of the Republic of Ireland]]
*[[Politics of the Republic of Ireland]]
*[[Elections in Northern Ireland]]
*[[Politics of Northern Ireland]]
*[[Northern Ireland Assembly]]
*[[Parliament of Northern Ireland]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/6968e4-history-of-government/ Government of Ireland – History of Government]

{{Governments of Ireland}}
{{Governments of Northern Ireland}}

[[Category:Political history of Ireland]]
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