De Valera Government 11

The government of De Valera 11 was the 8th government of the Republic of Ireland , it was in office from March 20, 1957 to 23/24. June 1959.

In the early parliamentary elections on March 5, 1957 , the opposition Fianna Fáil (FF) won a majority in the Dáil Éireann (lower house of the Irish Parliament) with 79 out of 147 seats . The chairman of the Fianna Fáil Éamon de Valera was appointed Taoiseach (Prime Minister) by the Dáil on March 20, 1957 with 78 votes against 53 . The ministers were elected by the Dáil on the same day. She and the Taoiseach were appointed by President Seán Ó Ceallaigh on the same day . The appointment of the secretaries of state nominated by the Taoiseach took place one day later. The government consisted only of members of the Fianna Fáil.

Éamon de Valera was elected President of Ireland on June 17, 1959 . He then resigned from the office of Taoiseach and held the office provisionally until a successor was elected. The ministers and state secretaries also remained in office on a provisional basis. On June 23, the previous Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Seán Lemass was elected as the new head of government by the Dáil Éireann (Lower House of the Irish Parliament) with 75 votes against 51 . The members of the new government were appointed by the president the following day.

composition

minister
Office	Surname	Political party	Term of office
Taoiseach (Prime Minister)	Éamon de Valera	FF	March 20, 1957	-	June 23, 1959
Tánaiste (Vice Prime Minister)	Seán Lemass	FF	March 20, 1957	-	June 24, 1959
Foreign minister	Frank Aiken	FF	March 20, 1957	-	June 24, 1959
Minister of Education	Jack Lynch	FF	March 20, 1957	-	June 24, 1959
Finance minister	James Ryan	FF	March 20, 1957	-	June 24, 1959
Minister for the Gaeltacht	Jack Lynch	FF	March 20, 1957	-	June 26, 1957
	Michael Moran	FF	June 26, 1957	-	June 24, 1959
Minister of Health	Seán MacEntee	FF	March 20, 1957	-	June 24, 1959
Minister for Industry and Trade	Seán Lemass	FF	March 20, 1957	-	June 24, 1959
Minister of Justice	Oscar Traynor	FF	March 20, 1957	-	June 24, 1959
Land Minister	Erskine Childers	FF	March 20, 1957	-	June 24, 1959
Minister of Agriculture	Frank Aiken	FF	March 20, 1957	-	May 16, 1957
	Seán Moylan	FF	May 16, 1957	-	November 16, 1957
	Frank Aiken	FF	November 20, 1957	-	November 27, 1957
	Patrick Smith	FF	November 27, 1957	-	June 24, 1959
Minister for Local Administration	Patrick Smith	FF	March 20, 1957	-	November 27, 1957
	Neil Blaney	FF	November 27, 1957	-	June 24, 1959
Minister for Post and Telegraphy	Neil Blaney	FF	November 27, 1957	-	04th December 1957
John Ormonde	FF	4th December 1957	-	June 24, 1959
Minister of Social Affairs	Patrick Smith	FF	March 20, 1957	-	November 27, 1957
	Seán MacEntee	FF	November 27, 1957	-	June 24, 1959
Defense Minister	Kevin Boland	FF	March 20, 1957	-	June 24, 1959
State Secretaries
Office	Surname	Political party	Term of office
Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach and to the Minister of Defense	Donnchadh Ó Briain	FF	March 20, 1957	-	June 24, 1959
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	Patrick Beegan	FF	March 20, 1957	-	0February 1, 1958
	Gerald Bartley	FF	February 24, 1958	-	June 24, 1959
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Trade	Joseph Brennan	FF	March 20, 1957	-	February 24, 1958
	Michael Hilliard	FF	February 24, 1958	-	June 24, 1959
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Social Affairs	Michael Kennedy	FF	March 20, 1957	-	June 24, 1959

Reshuffles

De Valera's preferred candidate for the Ministry of Agriculture, Seán Moylan , was no longer elected to the Dáil. Since a minister must be either a member of the Dáil or the Senate , Foreign Minister Aiken also took over the Ministry of Agriculture until Moylan was appointed Minister of Agriculture on May 16, 1957 after his appointment as Senator. Moylan passed away on November 16, and Aiken returned to the Department of Agriculture.

Michael Moran became Minister for the Gaeltacht on May 26, 1957 , the department was previously headed by Education Minister Jack Lynch .

On November 27, 1957, there was a reshuffle of the cabinet. The Department of Agriculture was taken over by Patrick Smith , previously Minister for Local Administration and Minister for Social Affairs. Health Minister Seán MacEntee also headed the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Minister for Post and Telegraphy, Neil Blaney , received the Ministry of Local Administration. On December 4, 1957, John Ormonde became the new Secretary of State for Post and Telegraphy.

The Treasury Secretary of State, Patrick Beegan , died on February 2, 1958. His successor was Gerald Bartley on February 24, and the Secretary of State for Industry and Commerce, Joseph Brennan , was replaced by Michael Hilliard .

Web links

• History of Government. Sixteenth Dáil. Department of the Taoiseach, accessed May 2, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, Mar 20, 1957. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on May 2, 2020 .  
2. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Thursday, Mar 28, 1957. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on May 2, 2020 .  
3. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 23 Jun 1959. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on May 2, 2020 .  
4. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 23 Jun 1959. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on May 2, 2020 .  
5. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 23 Jun 1959. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on May 2, 2020 .  
6. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, June 30, 1959. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on May 2, 2020 .  
7. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, Jun 26, 1957. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed May 2, 2020 (Irish).  
8. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, 4 Dec 1957. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on May 2, 2020 (English).  
9. ^ Dáil Éireann debate - Thursday, December 5, 1957. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on May 2, 2020 .  
10. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednessday, Mar 12, 1958. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on May 2, 2020 .