Government of the 16th Dáil
The 16th Dáil (20 March 1957 – 15 September 1961) was elected at the 1957 general election on 5 March, and first met on 20 March when the 8th Government of Ireland was appointed. The 16th Dáil lasted for 1,674 days.
8th Government of Ireland
Government of the 16th Dáil | |
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8th Government of Ireland | |
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Date formed | 20 March 1957 |
Date dissolved | 23 June 1959 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Seán T. O'Kelly |
Head of government | Éamon de Valera |
Deputy head of government | Seán Lemass |
Total no. of ministers | 13 |
Member party | Fianna Fáil |
Status in legislature | Majority Government |
Opposition leader | John A. Costello (Fine Gael) |
History | |
Election(s) | 1957 general election |
Legislature term(s) | 16th Dáil |
Predecessor | 7th Government |
Successor | 9th Government |
The 8th Government of Ireland (20 March 1957 – 23 June 1959) was formed by the Fianna Fáil party.[1]
9th Government of Ireland
Government of the 16th Dáil | |
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9th Government of Ireland | |
Date formed | 23 June 1959 |
Date dissolved | 11 November 1961 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Éamon de Valera |
Head of government | Seán Lemass |
Deputy head of government | Seán MacEntee |
Total no. of ministers | 14 |
Member party | Fianna Fáil |
Status in legislature | Majority Government |
Opposition leader | James Dillon (Fine Gael) |
History | |
Legislature term(s) | 16th Dáil |
Predecessor | 8th Government |
Successor | 10th Government |
The 9th Government of Ireland (23 June 1959 – 11 November 1961) was formed by the Fianna Fáil party with Seán Lemass as Taoiseach, following the resignation of Éamon de Valera.[1]
Office | Name | Term | |
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Taoiseach | Seán Lemass | 1959–61 | |
Tánaiste | Seán MacEntee | 1959–61 | |
Minister for Health | |||
Minister for Social Welfare | |||
Minister for Agriculture | Paddy Smith | 1959–61 | |
Minister for Defence | Kevin Boland | 1959–61 | |
Minister for Education | Patrick Hillery | 1959–61 | |
Minister for External Affairs | Frank Aiken | 1959–61 | |
Minister for Finance | James Ryan | 1959–61 | |
Minister for the Gaeltacht | Mícheál Ó Móráin | 1959 | |
Minister for Industry and Commerce | Jack Lynch | 1959–61 | |
Minister for Justice | Oscar Traynor | 1959–61 | |
Minister for Lands | Erskine H. Childers | 1959–61 | |
Minister for Local Government | Neil Blaney | 1959–61 | |
Minister for Posts and Telegraphs | Michael Hilliard | 1959–61 | |
Office | Name | Term | |
Minister for the Gaeltacht | Gerald Bartley | 1959–61 | |
Office | Name | Term | |
Minister for Lands | Mícheál Ó Móráin | 1959–61 | |
Minister for Transport and Power[2] | Erskine H. Childers | 1959–61 |
See also
Footnotes
- 1 2 "History of Government – Sixteenth Dáil". Department of the Taoiseach. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ↑ The Department of Transport and Power was created in July 1959.
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