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leader of fine gael wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 background 2 leaders 3 deputy leaders 4 see also 5 notes 6 references toggle the table of contents leader of fine gael 3 languages français italiano simple english edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia leader of the irish political party fine gael leader of fine gael incumbent simon harris since 24 march 2024 inaugural holder eoin o duffy formation 8 september 1933 deputy helen mcentee website simon harris the leader of fine gael is the most senior politician within the fine gael political party in ireland the party leader is simon harris who took up the role on 24 march 2024 after the resignation of leo varadkar the deputy leader of fine gael is helen mcentee whom harris appointed on 19 october 2024 after her predecessor heather humphreys declared she would not contest the 2024 general election background edit main article history of fine gael in september 1933 cumann na ngaedheal the national centre party and the national guard previously called the army comrades association better known as the blueshirts merged to form fine gael the united ireland party eoin o duffy leader of the national guard though not a member of the oireachtas became the first party leader with former president of the executive council w t cosgrave serving as parliamentary leader the merger brought together two strands of irish nationalism namely the pro treaty wing of revolutionary sinn féin and the old home rule party represented by james dillon and the national centre party in reality the new party was a larger version of cumann na ngaedheal the party created in 1923 by the pro treaty leaders of the irish free state under w t cosgrave cosgrave retired as leader before the 1944 general election and was succeeded by richard mulcahy mulcahy was then a member of the seanad so tom o higgins acted as parliamentary party leader after the 1948 general election the first inter party government was formed but clann na poblachta under former anti treaty ira chief of staff seán macbride was opposed to mulcahy because of his role as chief of staff of the national army in the execution of republicans during the irish civil war mulcahy stepped aside former attorney general john a costello becoming taoiseach mulcahy served instead as minister for education between 1948 and 1959 costello served as parliamentary party leader mulcahy retired as leader in 1959 and was replaced by james dillon after defeat in the 1965 general election dillon resigned and was replaced by liam cosgrave son of w t cosgrave liam cosgrave served as taoiseach from 1973 to 1977 cosgrave resigned after the fine gael labour party government lost power at the 1977 general election garret fitzgerald succeeded him as leader and served as taoiseach from june 1981 to march 1982 and from december 1982 to march 1987 fitzgerald resigned in 1987 after losing that year s general election and was replaced by alan dukes after fine gael failure in the 1989 general election and the 1990 presidential election dukes was replaced by john bruton in 1990 following the collapse of the fianna fáil labour party government in 1994 bruton become taoiseach serving from 1994 to 1997 in a rainbow coalition with the labour party and democratic left bruton was deposed from the leadership in 2001 in favour of michael noonan this was due in part to fears that fine gael would suffer severe losses at the 2002 general election however noonan failed to live up to expectations and the party suffered an even greater collapse than had been expected under bruton having gone into the election expecting to increase its seat count from 54 to 60 it won only 31 seats on the night of the election noonan resigned as leader after just over a year in office triggering the third leadership contest in the history of the party four candidates put their names forward for the leadership with enda kenny emerging as the victor after a secret ballot like other irish political parties the leader of fine gael has the power to dismiss or appoint their deputy and to dismiss or appoint parliamentary party members to frontbench positions when fine gael is in opposition the leader would usually act as the leader of the opposition and chair the opposition front bench conversely when the party is in government the leader would usually become taoiseach with the power to nominate members of the cabinet during his leadership enda kenny first served as leader of the opposition from 2002 until 2011 fine gael won a landslide victory in the 2011 general election as a result of fianna fáil s handling of the 2008 banking crisis he was elected taoiseach and went into coalition with the labour party he led the party into the 2016 general election where fine gael lost seats but he was re elected for a second term as taoiseach becoming the first fine gael leader to win a second consecutive term as taoiseach he led a fine gael minority government until he resigned as taoiseach and fine gael leader in 2017 he was succeeded by leo varadkar as leader of fine gael and as taoiseach varadkar became leader of fine gael and taoiseach in 2017 succeeding enda kenny upon his resignation he led the fine gael minority government into the 2020 general election where his party came third to fianna fáil and sinn féin fine gael entered into a three party coalition government with their traditional rival fianna fáil and the green party he served as tánaiste until 17 december 2022 where the positions of taoiseach and tánaiste rotated as part of an agreed cabinet reshuffle where he began his second term as taoiseach while martin succeeded him as tánaiste leaders edit no name portrait constituency term of office taoiseach a 1 eoin o duffy none b 1933 1934 éamon de valera 1932 1948 2 w t cosgrave carlow kilkenny until 1927 cork borough from 1927 1934 1944 3 richard mulcahy c d tipperary 1944 1959 john a costello 1948 1951 e éamon de valera 1951 1954 john a costello 1954 1957 éamon de valera 1957 1959 4 james dillon monaghan 1959 1965 seán lemass 1959 1966 5 liam cosgrave dún laoghaire and rathdown 1965 1977 jack lynch 1966 1973 liam cosgrave 1973 1977 6 garret fitzgerald dublin south east 1977 1987 jack lynch 1977 1979 charles haughey 1979 1981 garret fitzgerald 1981 1982 charles haughey 1982 garret fitzgerald 1982 1987 7 alan dukes kildare 1987 1990 charles haughey 1987 1992 8 john bruton meath 1990 2001 albert reynolds 1992 1994 john bruton 1994 1997 bertie ahern 1997 2008 9 michael noonan limerick east 2001 2002 10 enda kenny mayo 2002 2017 brian cowen 2008 2011 enda kenny 2011 2017 11 leo varadkar dublin west 2017 2024 leo varadkar 2017 2020 micheál martin 2020 2022 leo varadkar 2022 2024 12 simon harris wicklow 2024 incumbent simon harris 2024 2025 micheál martin 2025 present deputy leaders edit the deputy leader of fine gael is a senior politician within the fine gael political party in ireland the post is currently held by helen mcentee who was appointed deputy on 19 october 2024 1 like other political party leaders the leader of fine gael has the power to appoint or dismiss their deputy the position is not an elected one and is largely honorific name portrait constituency term of office office s held tom o higgins dublin county south 20 april 1972 14 september 1977 peter barry cork south central 14 september 1977 26 march 1987 minister for the environment minister for foreign affairs tánaiste john bruton meath 26 march 1987 20 november 1990 peter barry cork south central 14 january 1991 5 february 1993 nora owen dublin north 3 march 1993 9 february 2001 minister for justice jim mitchell dublin central 9 february 2001 17 may 2002 richard bruton dublin north central 12 june 2002 14 june 2010 james reilly dublin north 1 july 2010 16 may 2017 minister for health minister for children and youth affairs simon coveney 2 cork south central 13 june 2017 5 april 2024 minister for housing planning community and local government minister for foreign affairs tánaiste minister for defence minister for enterprise trade and employment heather humphreys cavan monaghan 5 april 2024 19 october 2024 minister for rural and community development minister for social protection helen mcentee meath east 19 october 2024 incumbent minister for justice minister for education and youth minister for foreign affairs and trade minister for defence see also edit leader of fianna fáil leader of the labour party ireland leader of sinn féin notes edit the office of head of government was the president of the executive council from 1922 to 1937 o duffy did not hold a seat in the oireachtas while he was party leader while mulcahy was a member of the seanad in 1944 tom o higgins acted as parliamentary party leader between 1948 and 1959 john a costello served as parliamentary party leader clann na poblachta under former anti treaty ira chief of staff seán macbride were opposed to mulcahy because of his role as chief of staff of the irish army in the execution of republicans during the irish civil war former attorney general john a costello was chosen to head the government references edit loughlin elaine 20 october 2024 helen mcentee replaces heather humphreys as fg deputy leader after shock departure irish examiner retrieved 20 october 2024 leo varadkar leovaradkar 13 june 2017 delighted to appoint simoncoveney as deputy leader of finegael together we will guide fg s role in govt and re energise the party tweet via twitter v t e fine gael history history of fine gael blueshirts cumann na ngaedheal moriarty tribunal national centre party progressive democrats pro treaty sinn féin reform alliance renua tallaght strategy leadership leaders eoin o duffy w t cosgrave richard mulcahy james dillon liam cosgrave garret fitzgerald alan dukes john bruton michael noonan enda kenny leo varadkar simon harris deputy leaders peter barry john bruton peter barry nora owen jim mitchell richard bruton james reilly simon coveney heather humphreys helen mcentee seanad leaders michael o higgins patrick cooney gemma hussey james dooge maurice manning brian hayes michael finucane acting frances fitzgerald maurice cummins jerry buttimer regina doherty seán kyne garret ahearn chairpersons kieran crotty donal creed tom enright michael lowry jim higgins phil hogan pádraic mccormack tom hayes charles flanagan dan neville martin heydon richard bruton alan dillon alan farrell micheál carrigy leadership elections 1987 dukes 1990 bruton 2001 noonan 2002 kenny 2017 varadkar 2024 harris party structures leader of fine gael ardfheis fine gael front bench young fine gael presidential candidates presidential candidates seán mac eoin 1945 1959 tom o higgins 1966 1973 austin currie 1990 mary banotti 1997 gay mitchell 2011 heather humphreys 2025 unopposed presidential candidates with fine gael support douglas hyde 1938 cearbhall ó dálaigh 1974 elected representatives dáil éireann william aird grace boland brian brennan colm brophy colm burke peter burke paula butterly jerry buttimer catherine callaghan micheál carrigy jennifer carroll macneill john clendennen joe cooney john cummins emer currie alan dillon frank feighan james geoghegan simon harris martin heydon emer higgins keira keogh seán kyne david maxwell noel mccarthy helen mcentee michael murphy hildegarde naughton joe neville maeve o connell kieran o donnell patrick o donovan naoise ó muirí john paul o shea neale richmond peter roche edward timmins barry ward seanad éireann garret ahearn manus boyle nikki bradley paraic brady cathal byrne maria byrne mark duffy garret kelleher mike kennelly eileen lynch p j murphy linda nelson murray evanne ní chuilinn noel o donovan joe o reilly gareth scahill european parliament nina carberry regina doherty seán kelly maria walsh alliances european european people s party epp group international centrist democrat international retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title leader_of_fine_gael oldid 1373724151 categories fine gael leaders of fine gael lists of leaders of political parties republic of ireland politics related lists hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata use hiberno english from october 2014 all wikipedia articles written in hiberno english use dmy 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