Chairman of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State ( Ir. Uachtarán ar Ard-Chomhairle Shaorstát Éireann ) - head of the Government of Ireland in 1922 - 1937 .
The post was established under the 1922 constitution and generally corresponded to the status of prime minister of other dominions with two significant differences:
- The chairman of the executive council was elected by Doyle (and any deputy, and not just the party leader, could become him, although in practice this position was in the hands of the leader of the largest party in Doyle) and only after that he was approved by the Governor General , and the Executive Council was formed solely on the proposal of the Chairman Executive Council, not the Governor General.
- The chairman of the executive council could not remove any of the ministers from office without dissolving the government as a whole and could not ask the governor general to dissolve parliament without the consent of the entire executive council.
In 1937, Ireland was proclaimed a republic , and the Chairman of the Executive Council was replaced by Tishoka , who received wider powers, in particular, the right to resign ministers and dissolve parliament.
List of Executive Board Chairmen
| No. | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left the post | Number of terms | The consignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one. | William Thomas Cosgrave | December 6, 1922 | March 9, 1932 | 5 terms | Cumann on nGadall | |
| 2. | Eamon de Valera | March 9, 1932 | December 29, 1937 | 3 terms | Fianna file |