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{{Short description|Deputy head of the government of Ireland}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox official post
| post           = Tánaiste
| body           = 
| image          = Simon Harris 2024 (cropped).jpg
| imagesize      = 200px
| incumbent      = [[Simon Harris]]
| incumbentsince = 23 January 2025
| department     = [[Politics of the Republic of Ireland#Executive branch|Executive branch of the Irish Government]]
| type           = [[Deputy prime minister]]
| status         = [[Minister (government)|Cabinet minister]]
| member_of      = {{Ubl|[[Government of Ireland]]|[[Council of State (Ireland)|Council of State]]|[[Dáil Éireann]]}}
| style          = Tánaiste<br/>{{Langx|ga|A Thánaiste}}
| reports_to     = [[Taoiseach]]
| seat           = [[Dublin]], Ireland
| nominator      = Taoiseach
| appointer      = [[President of Ireland]]
| appointer_qualified = {{small|(on the [[Advice (constitutional law)|advice]] of the [[Taoiseach]])}} 
| formation      = 29 December 1937<ref name=IFS/>
| inaugural      = [[Seán T. O'Kelly]]<ref name=IFS>Before the enactment of the 1937 [[Constitution of Ireland]], the deputy head of government was referred to as the [[Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State|Vice-President of the Executive Council]].</ref>
| salary         = €229,473 {{small|(2025)}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salaries |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/salaries-and-allowances/salaries/ |date=3 March 2025}}</ref><br />{{small|(including €115,953 [[Teachta Dála|TD]] salary)}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salaries |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/salaries-and-allowances/salaries/ |date=3 March 2025}}</ref>  
| website      =
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The '''Tánaiste''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɔː|n|ɪ|ʃ|t|ə}} {{respell|TAW|nish|tə}},<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/T%C3%A1naiste |title=Tánaiste |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> {{IPA|ga|ˈt̪ˠaːn̪ˠəʃtʲə|lang|Ga-tánaiste.oga}}) is the second-ranking member of the [[government of Ireland]] and the holder of its second-most senior office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Tánaiste?q=Tánaiste|title=Tánaiste: definition of Tánaiste in Oxford dictionary (British & World English). Meaning, pronunciation and origin of the word|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2013|website=Oxford Language Dictionaries|access-date=30 November 2013|archive-date=29 November 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131129131422/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/T%C3%A1naiste?q=T%C3%A1naiste|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taoiseach.ie/eng/Taoiseach_and_Government/About_the_Taoiseach/Role_of_the_Taoiseach/|title=Role of the Taoiseach|work=[[Department of the Taoiseach]]|access-date=18 May 2012|archive-date=3 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603164408/http://www.taoiseach.ie/eng/Taoiseach_and_Government/About_the_Taoiseach/Role_of_the_Taoiseach/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the equivalent of the [[deputy prime minister]] in other parliamentary systems.

The Tánaiste is appointed by the [[president of Ireland]] on the advice of the [[Taoiseach]]. The current office holder is [[Simon Harris]], [[Teachta Dála|TD]], who was appointed on 23 January 2025.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/9b5048-government-ministers/|title=Government Ministers|website=[[Government of Ireland]]|date=18 December 2018 |access-date=6 August 2020|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807154553/https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/9b5048-government-ministers/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
Under the [[Gaels|Gaelic]] system of [[tanistry]], the word {{lang|ga|tánaiste}} (plural {{lang|ga|tánaistí}}, {{IPA|ga|ˈt̪ˠaːn̪ˠəʃtʲiː|pron}}, <small>approximately</small> {{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɔː|n|ɪ|ʃ|t|iː}}) had been used for the heir of the chief ({{lang|ga|taoiseach}}) or king ({{lang|ga|[[rí]]}}).{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} The word was adopted in the 1937 [[Constitution of Ireland]] as the title for a member of the government nominated by the Taoiseach to act in their place as needed during periods of the Taoiseach's temporary absence. 

Tánaiste is the official title of the deputy head of government in both English and Irish, and is not used for other countries' deputy prime ministers, who are referred to in Irish by the generic term {{lang|ga|leas-phríomh-aire}}, {{IPA|ga|ˈl̠ʲasˠ ˌfʲɾʲiːw ˈaɾʲə|pron}}, <small>approximately</small> {{IPAc-en|ˌ|l|æ|s|f|r|iː|ˈ|v|ɛər|ə}} {{respell|LASS|free|VAIR|ə}}. The longer Irish form, {{lang|ga|an Tánaiste}}, is sometimes used in English instead of "the Tánaiste".

==Overview==
The office was created in 1937 under the new [[Constitution of Ireland]] and replaced the previous office of [[Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State|Vice-President of the Executive Council]], which had existed under the [[Constitution of the Irish Free State]], and which was first held by [[Kevin O'Higgins]] of [[Cumann na nGaedheal]] from 1922 to 1927.

The Taoiseach nominates one member of the Government to the office who is required to be a member of [[Dáil Éireann]].<ref>Article 28.7.1° of the Constitution of Ireland.</ref> The nominee then receives their seal of office from the President of Ireland in recognition of the appointment. The Tánaiste acts in the place of the Taoiseach during a temporary absence. In the event of the Taoiseach's death or permanent incapacitation, the Tánaiste acts as Taoiseach until another is appointed.<ref>Article 28.6.2° and 28.6.3° of the [[Constitution of Ireland]]. [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html#article28] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503055502/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html#article28 |date=3 May 2019 }}</ref> The Tánaiste is, {{lang|la|[[ex officio]]}}, a member of the [[Council of State (Ireland)|Council of State]]. The Tánaiste chairs meetings of the government in the absence of the Taoiseach and may take questions on their behalf in the Dáil or [[Seanad Éireann|Seanad]].

Aside from those duties, the title is largely honorific as the Constitution does not confer any additional powers on the office holder over and above the other members of the Government. In theory, the Tánaiste could be a [[minister without portfolio (Ireland)|minister without portfolio]], but every Tánaiste has in parallel held a ministerial portfolio as head of a [[Department of State (Ireland)|Department of State]]. The [[Department of the Taoiseach]] is a Department of State, but there is no equivalent for the Tánaiste. [[Dick Spring]] in the [[24th Government of Ireland|Rainbow Coalition (1994–1997)]] had an official "Office of the Tánaiste", but other parties have not used that nomenclature.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Coakley|editor-first1=John|editor-last2=Gallagher|editor-first2=Michael|first=Eileen |last=Connolly|title=Politics in the Republic of Ireland|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4WjJyUzUiAC&pg=PA339|access-date=20 April 2016|year=2005|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780415280662|chapter=The government and the governmental system|pages=339–340}}</ref> Under Spring, [[Eithne Fitzgerald]] was "[[Minister of State (Ireland)|Minister of State]] at the Office of the Tánaiste", with responsibility for co-ordinating Labour policy in the coalition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oireachtas.ie/members/mobile/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=27&MemberID=399&ConstID=90|title=Eithne Fitzgerald|work=Directory of Members|publisher=Oireachtas|access-date=20 April 2016|archive-date=27 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427194826/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members/mobile/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=27&MemberID=399&ConstID=90|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MüllerStrom2003">{{cite book|last1=Müller|first1=Wolfgang C.|last2=Strom|first2=Kaare|title=Coalition Governments in Western Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PFqU55tsZ-QC&pg=PA149|access-date=20 April 2016|year=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198297611|page=149|archive-date=19 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819172731/https://books.google.com/books?id=PFqU55tsZ-QC&pg=PA149|url-status=live}}</ref>

Under a [[coalition government]], the Tánaiste is typically the leader of the second-largest coalition partner, just as the Taoiseach is usually leader of the coalition's senior partner. However, during the coalition governments in [[Government of the 26th Dáil|1989–1992]] and [[Government of the 30th Dáil|2007–2011]], the position was held by Fianna Fáil's deputy leader, rather than the leader of a junior partner. As part of a [[Rotation Government|rotating Taoiseach]] agreement since [[Government of the 33rd Dáil|2020]], the role of Tánaiste gained increased prominence and responsibility in coordinating and Government policy as it was held by [[Leo Varadkar]] for the first half of the Government's term in office prior to his appointment as Taoiseach and [[Micheál Martin]] in the second half.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/martin-to-step-down-as-taoiseach-in-december-2022-1.4279883 | title=Martin to step down as taoiseach in December 2022 | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |first=Fiach |last=Kelly |date=2020-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222222834/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/martin-to-step-down-as-taoiseach-in-december-2022-1.4279883 |archive-date=2021-02-22}}</ref>

The office of Tánaiste is as yet the highest government rank attained by a woman Minister.<ref>{{cite book|last=McNamara |first=Maedhbh |title=A Women's Place is in the Cabinet: Women Ministers in Irish Government 1919–2019|location=Drogheda, Ireland |publisher=Sea Dog Books |date=2020 |isbn=978-1-913275-06-8}}</ref>

Four Tánaistí later held the office of Taoiseach: [[Seán Lemass]], [[Bertie Ahern]], [[Brian Cowen]], and [[Leo Varadkar]] (his second term as Taoiseach). Varadkar is also one of three Tánaistí, with [[Micheál Martin]] and [[Simon Harris]], to have previously held the office of Taoiseach before becoming Tánaiste. Two Tánaistí were later elected as [[President of Ireland]]: [[Seán T. O'Kelly]] and [[Erskine H. Childers]].

==List of office-holders==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
| colspan=9 |

===Vice-President of the Executive Council===
|-
! {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! Portrait
! width=20% |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}<br/>{{small|Constituency}}
! colspan=2 width=16% |Term of office
! colspan=2|Party
! Exec. Council<br />{{small|([[President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State|President]])}}
! Ministries as Vice-President
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cumann na nGaedheal}}; color:white;" | 1
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Kevin O'Higgins, Feb 1922.png|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Kevin O'Higgins]]<br/>{{small|(1892–1927)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Leix–Offaly]] until 1923<br/>TD for [[Dublin County (Dáil constituency)|Dublin County]] from 1923}}
| {{small|6 December}}<br />1922
| {{small|10 July}}<br />1927
! style="background-color: {{party color|Cumann na nGaedheal}}" | 
| [[Cumann na nGaedheal]]
| [[1st Executive Council of the Irish Free State|1]]·[[Government of the 4th Dáil|2]]<br />{{small|([[W. T. Cosgrave|W.T.Cosgrave]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration|Justice]] (1922–1927)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Cumann na nGaedheal}}; color:white;" | 2
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Ernest Blythe portrait.jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Ernest Blythe]]<br/>{{small|(1889–1975)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Monaghan (Dáil constituency)|Monaghan]]}}
| {{small|14 July}}<br />1927
| {{small|9 March}}<br />1932
! style="background-color: {{party color|Cumann na nGaedheal}}" | 
| [[Cumann na nGaedheal]]
| [[Government of the 5th Dáil|3]]·[[Government of the 6th Dáil|4·5]]<br />{{small|([[W. T. Cosgrave|W.T.Cosgrave]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Posts and Telegraphs|Posts and Telegraphs]] (1927–1932)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" | 3
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Sean T O'Kelly, 1949.jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Seán T. O'Kelly]]<br/>{{small|(1882–1966)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dublin North (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North]] until 1937<br/>TD for [[Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-West]] from 1937}}
| {{small|9 March}}<br />1932
| {{small|29 December}}<br />1937
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| [[Fianna Fáil]]
| [[Government of the 7th Dáil|6]]·[[Government of the 8th Dáil|7]]·[[8th Executive Council of the Irish Free State|8]]<br />{{small|([[Éamon de Valera|de Valera]])}}
| {{small|{{nowrap|[[Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage|Local Government and Public Health]] (1932–1937)}}}}
|-
| colspan=9 |

===Tánaiste===
|-
! {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! Portrait
! Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}<br/>{{small|Constituency}}
! colspan=2|Term of office
! colspan=2|Party
! Government<br />{{small|([[Taoiseach]])}}
! Ministries as Tánaiste<br />''Higher Offices Held''
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" | {{small|(3)}}
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Sean T O'Kelly, 1949.jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Seán T. O'Kelly]]<br/>{{small|(1882–1966)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-West]]}}
| {{small|29 December}}<br />1937
| {{small|14 June}}<br />1945
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| [[Fianna Fáil]]
| [[1st government of Ireland|1]]·[[Government of the 10th Dáil|2]]·[[Government of the 11th Dáil|3]]·[[Government of the 12th Dáil|4]]<br />{{small|([[Éamon de Valera|de Valera]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage|Local Government and Public Health]] (1937–1939)<br />[[Minister for Education and Youth|Education]] (1939)<br />[[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Finance]] (1939–1945)<br />''[[President of Ireland]]'' (1945–1959)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" | 4
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Seán Lemass, 1966.jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Seán Lemass]]<br/>{{small|(1899–1971)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dublin South (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South]]}}
| {{small|14 June}}<br />1945
| {{small|18 February}}<br />1948
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| [[Fianna Fáil]]
| [[Government of the 12th Dáil|4]]<br />{{small|([[Éamon de Valera|de Valera]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Supplies|Supplies]] (1945)<br />[[Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment|Industry and Commerce]] (1945–1948)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}; color:white;" | 5
| {{CSS image crop|Image =William Norton circa 1927 to 1932.png|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[William Norton]]<br/>{{small|(1900–1963)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Kildare (Dáil constituency)|Kildare]]}}
| {{small|18 February}}<br />1948
| {{small|13 June}}<br />1951
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]]
| [[Government of the 13th Dáil|5]]<br />{{small|([[John A. Costello|Costello]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Social Protection|Social Welfare]] (1948–1951)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" | {{small|(4)}}
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Seán Lemass, 1966.jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Seán Lemass]]<br/>{{small|(1899–1971)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-Central]]}}
| {{small|13 June}}<br />1951
| {{small|2 June}}<br />1954
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| [[Fianna Fáil]]
| [[Government of the 14th Dáil|6]]<br />{{small|([[Éamon de Valera|de Valera]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment|Industry and Commerce]] (1951–1954)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}; color:white;" | {{small|(5)}}
| {{CSS image crop|Image =William Norton circa 1927 to 1932.png|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[William Norton]]<br/>{{small|(1900–1963)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Kildare (Dáil constituency)|Kildare]]}}
| {{small|2 June}}<br />1954
| {{small|20 March}}<br />1957
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]]
| [[Government of the 15th Dáil|7]]<br />{{small|([[John A. Costello|Costello]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment|Industry and Commerce]] (1954–1957)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" | {{small|(4)}}
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Seán Lemass, 1966.jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Seán Lemass]]<br/>{{small|(1899–1971)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-Central]]}}
| {{small|20 March}}<br />1957
| {{small|23 June}}<br />1959
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| [[Fianna Fáil]]
| [[8th government of Ireland|8]]<br />{{small|([[Éamon de Valera|de Valera]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment|Industry and Commerce]] (1957–1959)<br />''[[Taoiseach]]'' (1959–1966)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" | 6
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Seán MacEntee portrait.jpg|bSize = 70|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 5}} 
| [[Seán MacEntee]]<br/>{{small|(1889–1984)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dublin South-East (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-East]]}}
| {{small|23 June}}<br />1959
| {{small|21 April}}<br />1965
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| [[Fianna Fáil]]
| [[9th government of Ireland|9]]·[[Government of the 17th Dáil|10]]<br />{{small|([[Seán Lemass|Lemass]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Health (Ireland)|Health]] (1959–1965)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" | 7
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Frank Aiken 1944 cropped.jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Frank Aiken]]<br/>{{small|(1898–1983)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Louth (Dáil constituency)|Louth]]}}
| {{small|21 April}}<br />1965
| {{small|2 July}}<br />1969
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| [[Fianna Fáil]]
| [[11th government of Ireland|11]]<br />{{small|([[Seán Lemass|Lemass]])}}<br />[[12th government of Ireland|12]]<br />{{small|([[Jack Lynch|Lynch]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade|External Affairs]] (1965–1969)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" | 8
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Erskine Hamilton Childers (cropped).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Erskine Hamilton Childers|Erskine H. Childers]]<br/>{{small|(1905–1974)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Monaghan (Dáil constituency)|Monaghan]]}}
| {{small|2 July}}<br />1969
| {{small|14 March}}<br />1973
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| [[Fianna Fáil]]
| [[Government of the 19th Dáil|13]]<br />{{small|([[Jack Lynch|Lynch]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Health (Ireland)|Health]] (1969–1973)<br />''[[President of Ireland]]'' (1973–1974)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}; color:white;" | 9
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Brendan Corish 1949.png|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Brendan Corish]]<br/>{{small|(1918–1990)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Wexford (Dáil constituency)|Wexford]]}}
| {{small|14 March}}<br />1973
| {{small|5 July}}<br />1977
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]]
| [[Government of the 20th Dáil|14]]<br />{{small|([[Liam Cosgrave|L. Cosgrave]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Health (Ireland)|Health]] (1973–1977)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" | 10
| {{CSS image crop|Image =George Colley, 1979 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| [[George Colley]]<br/>{{small|(1925–1983)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dublin Clontarf (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Clontarf]]}}
| {{small|5 July}}<br />1977
| {{small|30 June}}<br />1981
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| [[Fianna Fáil]]
| [[15th government of Ireland|15]]<br />{{small|([[Jack Lynch|Lynch]])}}<br />[[16th government of Ireland|16]]<br />{{small|([[Charles Haughey|Haughey]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Finance]] (1977–1979)<br />[[Minister for Transport (Ireland)|Tourism and Transport]] (1979–1980)<br />[[Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport|Energy]] (1980–1981)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}; color:white;" | 11
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Michael O'Leary, September 1979 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| [[Michael O'Leary (politician)|Michael O'Leary]]<br/>{{small|(1936–2006)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Central]]}}
| {{small|30 June}}<br />1981
| {{small|9 March}}<br />1982
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]]
| [[Government of the 22nd Dáil|17]]<br />{{small|([[Garret FitzGerald|FitzGerald]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport|Energy]] (1981–1982)}} 
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" | 12
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Ray MacSharry, May 1980 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Ray MacSharry]]<br/>{{small|(born 1938)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|Sligo–Leitrim]]}}
| {{small|9 March}}<br />1982
| {{small|14 December}}<br />1982
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| [[Fianna Fáil]]
| [[Government of the 23rd Dáil|18]]<br />{{small|([[Charles Haughey|Haughey]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Finance]] (1982)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}; color:white;" | 13
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Dick Spring 1995 (headshot).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Dick Spring]]<br/>{{small|(born 1950)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Kerry North (Dáil constituency)|Kerry North]]}}
| {{small|14 December}}<br />1982
| {{small|20 January}}<br />1987
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]]
| rowspan=2|[[Government of the 24th Dáil|19]]<br />{{small|([[Garret FitzGerald|FitzGerald]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage|Environment]] (1982–1983)<br />[[Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport|Energy]] (1983–1987)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fine Gael}}; color:white;" | 14
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Peter Barry, November 1984 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Peter Barry (politician)|Peter Barry]]<br/>{{small|(1928–2016)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Cork South-Central]]}}
| {{small|20 January}}<br />1987
| {{small|10 March}}<br />1987
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" |
| [[Fine Gael]]
| {{small|[[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade|Foreign Affairs]] (1987)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" | 15
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Brian Lenihan Snr, January 1973 (headshot).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| [[Brian Lenihan Snr|Brian Lenihan]]<br/>{{small|(1930–1995)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dublin West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin West]]}}
| {{small|10 March}}<br />1987
| {{small|31 October}}<br />1990
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| [[Fianna Fáil]]
| [[Government of the 25th Dáil|20]]·[[21st government of Ireland|21]]<br />{{small|([[Charles Haughey|Haughey]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade|Foreign Affairs]] (1987–1989)<br />[[Minister for Defence (Ireland)|Defence]] (1989–1990)}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" | 16
| rowspan=2 | {{CSS image crop|Image =John Wilson, 1987 (cropped).png|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| rowspan=2 |[[John Wilson (Irish politician)|John Wilson]]<br/>{{small|(1923–2007)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil constituency)|Cavan–Monaghan]]}}
| rowspan=2 | {{small|13 November}}<br />1990
| rowspan=2 | {{small|12 January}}<br />1993
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| rowspan=2 |[[Fianna Fáil]]
|[[21st government of Ireland|21]]<br />{{small|([[Charles Haughey|Haughey]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment|Marine]] (1990–1992)}}
|-
|[[22nd government of Ireland|22]]<br />{{small|([[Albert Reynolds|Reynolds]])}}
|{{small|[[Minister for Defence (Ireland)|Defence]] and [[Minister for Children, Disability and Equality|Gaeltacht]] (1992–1993)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}; color:white;" | {{small|(13)}}
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Dick Spring 1995 (headshot).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Dick Spring]]<br/>{{small|(born 1950)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Kerry North (Dáil constituency)|Kerry North]]}}
| {{small|12 January}}<br />1993
| {{small|17 November}}<br />1994
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]]
| rowspan=2|[[23rd government of Ireland|23]]<br />{{small|([[Albert Reynolds|Reynolds]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade|Foreign Affairs]] (1993–1994)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" | 17
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Bertie Ahern 1997 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Bertie Ahern]]<br/>{{small|(born 1951)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Central]]}}
| {{small|17 November}}<br />1994
| {{small|15 December}}<br />1994
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| [[Fianna Fáil]]
| {{small|[[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Finance]] (1994)<br />''[[Taoiseach]]'' (1997–2008)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}; color:white;" | {{small|(13)}}
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Dick Spring 1995 (headshot).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Dick Spring]]<br/>{{small|(born 1950)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Kerry North (Dáil constituency)|Kerry North]]}}
| {{small|15 December}}<br />1994
| {{small|26 June}}<br />1997
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]]
| [[24th government of Ireland|24]]<br />{{small|([[John Bruton|Bruton]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade|Foreign Affairs]] (1994–1997)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Progressive Democrats}}; color:white;" | 18
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Mary Harney cropped.jpg|bSize = 70|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 5}} 
| [[Mary Harney]]<br/>{{small|(born 1953)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dublin South-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-West]] until 2002<br/>TD for [[Dublin Mid-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Mid-West]] from 2002}}
| {{small|26 June}}<br />1997
| {{small|13 September}}<br />2006
! style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Democrats}}" |
| [[Progressive Democrats]]
| [[Government of the 28th Dáil|25]]·[[26th government of Ireland|26]]<br />{{small|([[Bertie Ahern|Ahern]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment|Enterprise, Trade and Employment]] (1997–2004)<br />[[Minister for Health (Ireland)|Health and Children]] (2004–2006)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Progressive Democrats}}; color:white;" | 19
| {{CSS image crop|Image =McDowell says NO! (9826113044) (cropped).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Michael McDowell (politician)|Michael McDowell]]<br/>{{small|(born 1951)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dublin South-East (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-East]]}}
| {{small|13 September}}<br />2006
| {{small|14 June}}<br />2007
! style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Democrats}}" |
| [[Progressive Democrats]]
| [[26th government of Ireland|26]]<br />{{small|([[Bertie Ahern|Ahern]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration|Justice, Equality and Law Reform]] (2002–2007)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" | 20
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Brian Cowen, June 2010 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Brian Cowen]]<br/>{{small|(born 1960)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]]}}
| {{small|14 June}}<br />2007
| {{small|7 May}}<br />2008
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| [[Fianna Fáil]]
| [[27th government of Ireland|27]]<br />{{small|([[Bertie Ahern|Ahern]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Finance]] (2007–2008)<br />''[[Taoiseach]]'' (2008–2011)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" | 21
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Mary Coughlan.jpg|bSize = 110|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 25}} 
| [[Mary Coughlan (politician)|Mary Coughlan]]<br/>{{small|(born 1965)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Donegal South-West (Dáil constituency)|Donegal South-West]]}}
| {{small|7 May}}<br />2008
| {{small|9 March}}<br />2011
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| [[Fianna Fáil]]
| [[28th government of Ireland|28]]<br />{{small|([[Brian Cowen|Cowen]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment|Enterprise, Trade and Employment]] (2008–2010)<br />[[Minister for Education and Youth|Education and Skills]] (2010–2011)<br />[[Minister for Health (Ireland)|Health and Children]] (2011)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}; color:white;" | 22
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Eamon Gilmore TD 2014 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Eamon Gilmore]]<br/>{{small|(born 1955)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)|Dún Laoghaire]]}}
| {{small|9 March}}<br />2011
| {{small|4 July}}<br />2014
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]]
| rowspan=2|[[29th government of Ireland|29]]<br />{{small|([[Enda Kenny|Kenny]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade|Foreign Affairs and Trade]] (2011–2014)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}; color:white;" | 23
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Joan Burton July 2014 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Joan Burton]]<br/>{{small|(born 1949)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dublin West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin West]]}}
| {{small|4 July}}<br />2014
| {{small|6 May}}<br />2016
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]]
| {{small|[[Minister for Social Protection|Social Protection]] (2014–2016)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fine Gael}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| 24
| rowspan=2| {{CSS image crop|Image =Frances Fitzgerald 2014.png|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| rowspan=2| [[Frances Fitzgerald (politician)|Frances Fitzgerald]]<br/>{{small|(born 1950)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dublin Mid-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Mid-West]]}}
| rowspan=2| {{small|6 May}}<br />2016
| rowspan=2| {{small|28 November}}<br />2017
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" |
| rowspan=2|[[Fine Gael]]
| [[30th government of Ireland|30]]<br />{{small|([[Enda Kenny|Kenny]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration|Justice and Equality]] (2016–2017)}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[31st government of Ireland|31]]<br />{{small|([[Leo Varadkar|Varadkar]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment|Business, Enterprise and Innovation]] (2017)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fine Gael}}; color:white;"| 25
| {{CSS image crop|Image =Simon Coveney 2018.jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Simon Coveney]]<br/>{{small|(born 1972)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Cork South Central]]}}
| {{small|30 November}}<br />2017
| {{small|27 June}}<br />2020
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" |
| [[Fine Gael]]
| {{small|[[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade|Foreign Affairs and Trade]] (2017–2020)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fine Gael}}; color:white;"| 26
|  {{CSS image crop|Image =Leo Varadkar TD (cropped).jpg|bSize = 60|cWidth = 60|cHeight = 80|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Leo Varadkar]]<br/>{{small|(born 1979)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Dublin West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin West]]}}
| {{small|27 June}}<br />2020
| {{small|17 December}}<br />2022
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" |
| [[Fine Gael]]
|[[32nd government of Ireland|32]]<br />{{small|([[Micheál Martin|Martin]])}}
| {{small|[[Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment|Enterprise, Trade and Employment]] (2020–2022)}}<br/>''{{small|[[Taoiseach]] (2017−2020, 2022–2024)}}''
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| 27
| rowspan=2| {{CSS image crop|Image=Micheál Martin TD (cropped).jpg|bSize=60|cWidth=60|cHeight=80|oTop=0|oLeft=0}} 
| rowspan=2|[[Micheál Martin]]<br/>{{small|(born 1960)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Cork South-Central]]}}
| rowspan=2|{{small|17 December}}<br />2022
| rowspan=2|{{small|23 January}}<br />2025
! rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" | 
| rowspan=2|[[Fianna Fáil]]
|[[33rd government of Ireland|33]]<br />{{small|([[Leo Varadkar|Varadkar]])}}
| rowspan=2|''{{small|[[Taoiseach]] (2020−2022, 2025−present)}}''<br/>{{small|[[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade|Foreign Affairs]] (2022–2025)}}<br/>{{small|[[Minister for Defence (Ireland)|Defence]] (2022–2025)}}
|-
|[[34th government of Ireland|34]]<br />{{small|([[Simon Harris|Harris]])}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Fine Gael}}; color:white;"| 28
| {{CSS image crop|Image=Simon Harris at the Special European Council - 2024 (cropped).jpg|bSize=60|cWidth=60|cHeight=80|oTop=0|oLeft = 0}} 
| [[Simon Harris]]<br/>{{small|(born 1986)}}<br />{{small|TD for [[Wicklow (Dáil constituency)|Wicklow]]}}
| {{small|23 January}}<br />2025
| ''Incumbent''
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}" |
| [[Fine Gael]]
|[[35th government of Ireland|35]]<br />{{small|([[Micheál Martin|Martin]])}}
| ''{{small|[[Taoiseach]] (2024−2025)}}''<br/>{{small|[[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade|Foreign Affairs and Trade]] (2025–present)}}<br/>{{small|[[Minister for Defence (Ireland)|Defence]] (2025–present)}}
|}

==Timeline==
This is a [[Bar chart|graphical]] '''lifespan timeline of Tánaistí'''. They are listed in order of office (Lemass, Norton, and Spring are shown in order of their first terms).

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    from:07/06/1892 till:06/12/1922 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Kevin O'Higgins]]
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    from:06/12/1922 till:10/07/1927
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    from:06/12/1922 till:10/07/1927

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    from:13/04/1889 till:14/07/1927 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Ernest Blythe]]
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    from:14/07/1927 till:23/02/1975
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    from:25/08/1882 till:09/03/1932 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Seán T. O'Kelly]]
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    from:15/07/1899 till:14/06/1945 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Seán Lemass]]
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    from:14/06/1945 till:11/05/1971
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    from:14/06/1945 till:18/02/1948
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    from:13/06/1951 till:02/06/1954
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    from:20/03/1957 till:23/06/1959

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    from:02/11/1900 till:18/02/1948 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[William Norton]]
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    from:23/08/1889 till:23/06/1959 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Seán MacEntee]]
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    from:23/06/1959 till:09/01/1984
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    from:23/06/1959 till:21/04/1965

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    from:13/02/1898 till:21/04/1965 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Frank Aiken]]
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    from:21/04/1965 till:18/05/1983
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    from:11/12/1905 till:02/07/1969 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Erskine Hamilton Childers|Erskine H. Childers]]
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    from:02/07/1969 till:14/03/1973

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    from:19/11/1918 till:14/03/1973 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Brendan Corish]]
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    from:14/03/1973 till:17/02/1990
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    from:14/03/1973 till:05/07/1977

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    from:18/10/1925 till:05/07/1977 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[George Colley]]
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    from:05/07/1977 till:17/09/1983
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    from:05/07/1977 till:30/06/1981

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    from:08/05/1936 till:30/06/1981 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Michael O'Leary]]
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    from:30/06/1981 till:11/05/2006
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    from:30/06/1981 till:09/03/1982

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    from:29/04/1938 till:09/03/1982 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Ray MacSharry]]
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    from:09/03/1982 till:14/12/1982

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    from:29/08/1950 till:14/12/1982 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Dick Spring]]
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    from:14/12/1982 till:20/01/1987
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    from:12/01/1993 till:17/11/1994
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    from:15/12/1994 till:26/06/1997

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    from:10/08/1928 till:20/01/1987 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Peter Barry]]
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    from:20/01/1987 till:26/08/2016
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    from:17/11/1930 till:10/03/1987 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Brian Lenihan]]
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    from:10/03/1987 till:01/11/1995
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    from:10/03/1987 till:31/10/1990

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    from:08/07/1923 till:13/11/1990 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[John Wilson (Irish politician)|John Wilson]]
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    from:13/11/1990 till:12/01/1993

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    from:26/06/1997 till:13/09/2006

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    from:01/05/1951 till:13/09/2006 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Michael McDowell (politician)|Michael McDowell]]
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    from:13/09/2006 till:$now
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    from:13/09/2006 till:14/06/2007

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    from:14/06/2007 till:$now
    color:FF
    from:14/06/2007 till:07/05/2008

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    from:28/05/1965 till:07/05/2008 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Mary Coughlan (politician)|Mary Coughlan]]
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    from:07/05/2008 till:$now
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    from:07/05/2008 till:09/03/2011

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    from:09/03/2011 till:$now
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    from:09/03/2011 till:04/07/2014

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    from:04/07/2014 till:$now
    color:LAB
    from:04/07/2014 till:06/05/2016

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    color:LIFESPAN align:center fontsize:M
    from:01/08/1950 till:06/05/2016 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Frances Fitzgerald (politician)|Frances Fitzgerald]]
    color:LIFESPAN
    from:06/05/2016 till:$now
    color:FG
    from:06/05/2016 till:28/11/2017

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    from:16/06/1972 till:30/11/2017 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Simon Coveney]]
    color:LIFESPAN
    from:30/11/2017 till:$now
    color:FG
    from:30/11/2017 till:27/06/2020

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    from:27/06/2020 till:$now
    color:FG
    from:27/06/2020 till:17/12/2022

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    from:23/01/2025 till:$now
    color:FF
    from:17/12/2022 till:23/01/2025

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    from:17/10/1986 till:23/01/2025 shift:(-0,$dy) textcolor:NAME text:[[Simon Harris]]
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    from:23/01/2025 till:$now

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   text:"Lifespan and terms of office of each Tánaiste"
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==References==
{{Commons category|Tánaistí}}
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{{Deputy heads of government of Ireland}}
{{Government of Ireland}}
{{Politics of the Republic of Ireland2}}

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[[Category:Tánaistí| ]]
[[Category:Lists of political office-holders in the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:Politics of the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:Titles of national or ethnic leadership]]
[[Category:Lists of deputy prime ministers]]