Lemass government 1
The Lemass 1 government was the 9th government of the Republic of Ireland , serving from June 23, 1959 to October 11, 1961.
The Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Éamon de Valera was elected President of Ireland on June 17, 1959 . He then resigned from the office of Taoiseach. 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 government were appointed by the president the following day. The government consisted only of members of the Fianna Fáil , which had 75 of the 147 seats in parliament.
composition
| minister | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Surname | Political party | Term of office | ||
| Taoiseach (Prime Minister) | Seán Lemass | FF | - | ||
| Tánaiste (Vice Prime Minister) and Minister for Health and Social Affairs | Seán MacEntee | FF | - | ||
| Finance minister | James Ryan | FF | - | ||
| Foreign minister | Frank Aiken | FF | - | ||
| Minister of Justice | Oscar Traynor | FF | - | ||
| Minister of Agriculture | Patrick Smith | FF | - | ||
| Land Minister | Erskine Childers | FF | - | ||
| Michael Moran | FF | - | |||
| Minister for Trade and Industry | Jack Lynch | FF | - | ||
| Minister for the Gaeltacht | Michael Moran | FF | - | ||
| Gerald Bartley | FF | - | |||
| Minister for Local Administration | Neil Blaney | FF | - | ||
| Defense Minister | Kevin Boland | FF | - | ||
| Minister for Post and Telegraphy | Michael Hilliard | FF | - | ||
| Minister of Education | Patrick Hillery | FF | - | ||
| Minister for Transport and Energy | Erskine Childers | FF | - | ||
| State Secretaries | |||||
| Office | Surname | Political party | Term of office | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach and to the Minister of Defense | Donnchadh Ó Briain | FF | - | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Social Affairs | Michael Kennedy | FF | - | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | Gerald Bartley | FF | - | ||
| Joseph Brennan | FF | - | |||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice | Charles Haughey | FF | - | ||
Reshuffles
On July 23, 1959, the parliamentary secretary Gerald Bartley moved to the Ministry for the Gaeltacht, his successor was Joseph Brennan . Michael Moran , previously Minister for the Gaeltacht , became Land Minister, Land Minister Erskine Childers took over the newly established Ministry of Transport and Energy on July 27th.
Web links
- History of Government. Sixteenth Dáil. Department of the Taoiseach, archived from the original on February 18, 2019 ; accessed on February 14, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 23 Jun 1959. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 23 Jun 1959. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, 23 Jun 1959. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Tuesday, June 30, 1959. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed February 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Dáil Éireann debate - Thursday, 23 Jul 1959. Houses of the Oireachtas, accessed on 14 February 2020 .