De Valera Government 5

The De Valera 5 government was the eighth and final Executive Council of the Irish Free State , serving from July 21, 1937 to December 29, 1937.

In the parliamentary elections on July 1, 1937 , Fianna Fáil (FF), ruling since 1932, was the strongest party with 69 out of 138 seats. On July 21, 1937 Eamon de Valera (FF ) was re-elected President of the Executive Council (Head of Government) with 82 votes to 52 by the Dáil Éireann (Parliament). All members of the government belonged to the Fianna Fáil.

The government's term of office ended on December 29, 1939 with the entry into force of the new constitution of the Republic of Ireland . The Executive Council became the first government of the Republic of Ireland with the same membership .

composition

minister
Office	Surname	Political party	Term of office
President of the Government Council	Éamon de Valera	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Vice President of the Government Council	Seán Ó Ceallaigh	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Foreign minister	Éamon de Valera	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Minister of Education	Thomas Derrig	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Finance minister	Seán MacEntee	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Minister for Industry and Trade	Seán Lemass	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Minister of Justice	Patrick Ruttledge	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Land Minister	Gerald Boland	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Minister of Agriculture	James Ryan	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Minister for Local Administration and Health	Seán Ó Ceallaigh	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Minister for Post and Telegraphy	Oscar Traynor	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Defense Minister	Frank Aiken	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
State Secretaries
Office	Surname	Political party	Term of office
Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Government Council Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Minister	Patrick Little	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance	Hugh V. Flinn	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Trade	Seán Moylan	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Land	Seán O'Grady	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Administration and Health	Francis Ward	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937
Parliamentary Secretary to the Defense Minister	Seán O'Grady	FF	July 21, 1937	-	December 29, 1937

Web links

• History of Government. Ninth Dáil. Department of the Taoiseach, November 27, 2017, accessed May 23, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Wednesday, 21 Jul 1937. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on 23 May 2020 .