Tánaiste

The Tánaiste (pronounced "taw-nish-ta") is the deputy prime minister of Republic of Ireland (or Éire). The office was created in the 1937 Constitution of Ireland, replacing the previous office known as Vice-President of the Executive Council that had existed in the Irish Free State Constitution.

Tánaistithe na hÉireann

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1.	Seán T. O'Kelly	December 29, 1937	June 14, 1945	Fianna Fáil
2.	Sean Lemass	June 19, 1945	February 18, 1948	Fianna Fáil
3.	William Norton	February 18, 1948	June 13, 1951	Labour
	Sean Lemass (2nd time)	June 13, 1951	June 2, 1954	Fianna Fáil
	William Norton (2nd time)	June 2, 1954	March 20, 1957	Labour
	Sean Lemass (3rd time)	March 20, 1957	June 23, 1957	Fianna Fáil
4.	Seán MacEntee	June 23, 1959	April 21, 1965	Fianna Fáil
5.	Frank Aiken	April 21, 1965	July 2, 1969	Fianna Fáil
6.	Erskine Childers	July 2, 1969	March 14, 1973	Fianna Fáil
7.	Brendan Corish	March 14, 1973	July 5, 1977	Labour
8.	George Colley	July 5, 1977	June 30, 1981	Fianna Fáil
9.	Michael O Leary	June 30, 1981	March 9, 1982	Labour
10.	Ray MacSharry	March 9, 1982	December 14, 1982	Fianna Fáil
11.	Dick Spring (1st time)	December 14, 1982	January 20, 1987	Labour
12.	Peter Barry	January 20, 1987	March 10, 1987	Fine Gael
13.	Brian Lenihan	March 10, 1987	October 31, 1990	Fianna Fáil
14.	John P. Wilson	November 13, 1990	January 12, 1993	Fianna Fáil
	Dick Spring (2nd time)	January 12, 1993	November 17, 1994	Labour
15.	Bertie Ahern	November 19, 1994	December 15, 1994	Fianna Fáil
	Dick Spring (3rd time)	December 15, 1994	June 26, 1997	Labour
16.	Mary Harney	June 26, 1997	present	Progressive Democrats

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Preceded by: Vice-President of the Executive Council (1922-1937)

Irish Prime Ministerial Offices

Office remains in existence