De Valera Government 10
The De Valera 10 government was the 6th government of the Republic of Ireland , in office from June 13, 1951 to June 2, 1954.
In the early parliamentary elections on May 30, 1951 , the opposition Fianna Fáil (FF) became the strongest party with 69 out of 147 seats in the Dáil Éireann (lower house of the Irish Parliament), with the support of a few independent MPs, the chairman of Fianna Fáil Éamon de Valera elected Taoiseach (Prime Minister) by the Dáil on June 13, 1954 by 74 votes to 69 . The ministers were elected by the Dáil on the same day. The Taoiseach, ministers and Taoiseach-nominated secretaries of state were appointed by President Seán Ó Ceallaigh on the same day . The government consisted only of members of the Fianna Fáil.
In the parliamentary elections on May 14, 1954 Fianna Fáil lost the majority. The chairman of Fine Gael John A. Costello became Taoiseach of a coalition government made up of Fine Gael (FG), Labor Party (ILP) and Clann na Talmhan (CnT).
composition
| minister | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Surname | Political party | Term of office | ||
| Taoiseach (Prime Minister) | Éamon de Valera | FF | - | ||
| Tánaiste (Vice Prime Minister) | Seán Lemass | FF | - | ||
| Foreign minister | Frank Aiken | FF | - | ||
| Minister of Education | Seán Moylan | FF | - | ||
| Minister for Industry and Trade | Seán Lemass | FF | - | ||
| Finance minister | Seán MacEntee | FF | - | ||
| Minister of Health | James Ryan | FF | - | ||
| Minister of Justice | Gerald Boland | FF | - | ||
| Land Minister | Thomas Derrig | FF | - | ||
| Minister of Agriculture | Thomas Walsh | FF | - | ||
| Minister for Local Administration | Patrick Smith | FF | - | ||
| Minister for Post and Telegraphy | Erskine Childers | FF | - | ||
| Minister of Social Affairs | James Ryan | FF | - | ||
| Defense Minister | Oscar Traynor | FF | - | ||
| State Secretaries | |||||
| Office | Surname | Political party | Term of office | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defense |
Donnchadh Ó Briain | FF | - | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Government | Jack Lynch | FF | - | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Land Minister | - | ||||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | Patrick Beegan | FF | - | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture | Gerald Bartley | FF | - | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Social Affairs | Michael Kennedy | FF | - | ||
Reshuffles
On November 5, 1951, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Government, Jack Lynch , was appointed in addition to Parliamentary Secretary to the Land Minister.
Web links
- History of Government. Fourteenth Dáil. Department of the Taoiseach, November 28, 2017, accessed May 3, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, June 13, 1951. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on May 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, June 13, 1951. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on May 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, June 20, 1951. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on May 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, 7 Nov 1951. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on 3 May 2020 (English).