Minister for Justice and Equality
List of office-holders

Minister for Justice and Equality

Section Title: List of office-holders
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Minister for Home Affairs 1919–1923[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

1.	Michael Collins	22 January 1919	1 April 1919	Sinn Féin

2.	Arthur Griffith	2 April 1919	22 August 1921	Sinn Féin

3.	Austin Stack	22 August 1921	9 January 1922	Sinn Féin

4.	Eamonn Duggan	10 January 1922	9 September 1922	Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin

5.	Kevin O'Higgins	30 August 1922	19 September 1923	Cumann na nGaedheal

Minister for Justice 1923–1997[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Kevin O'Higgins	19 September 1923	10 July 1927	Cumann na nGaedheal

6.	W. T. Cosgrave	10 July 1927	12 October 1927	Cumann na nGaedheal

7.	James FitzGerald-Kenney	12 October 1927	9 March 1932	Cumann na nGaedheal

8.	James Geoghegan	9 March 1932	8 February 1933	Fianna Fáil

9.	P. J. Ruttledge	8 February 1933	8 September 1939	Fianna Fáil

10.	Gerald Boland (1st time)	8 September 1939	18 February 1948	Fianna Fáil

11.	Seán Mac Eoin	18 February 1948	7 March 1951	Fine Gael

12.	Daniel Morrissey	7 March 1951	13 June 1951	Fine Gael

Gerald Boland (2nd time)	13 June 1951	2 June 1954	Fianna Fáil

13.	James Everett	2 June 1954	20 March 1957	Labour Party

14.	Oscar Traynor	20 March 1957	11 October 1961	Fianna Fáil

15.	Charles Haughey	11 October 1961	8 October 1964	Fianna Fáil

16.	Seán Lemass (acting)	8 October 1964	3 November 1964	Fianna Fáil

17.	Brian Lenihan Snr	3 November 1964	26 March 1968	Fianna Fáil

18.	Mícheál Ó Móráin	27 March 1968	5 May 1970	Fianna Fáil

19.	Desmond O'Malley	5 May 1970	14 March 1973	Fianna Fáil

20.	Patrick Cooney	14 March 1973	5 July 1977	Fine Gael

21.	Gerry Collins (1st time)	5 July 1977	30 June 1981	Fianna Fáil

22.	Jim Mitchell	30 June 1981	9 March 1982	Fine Gael

23.	Seán Doherty	9 March 1982	14 December 1982	Fianna Fáil

24.	Michael Noonan	14 December 1982	14 February 1986	Fine Gael

25.	Alan Dukes	14 February 1986	10 March 1987	Fine Gael

Gerry Collins (2nd time)	10 March 1987	12 July 1989	Fianna Fáil

26.	Ray Burke	12 July 1989	11 February 1992	Fianna Fáil

27.	Pádraig Flynn	11 February 1992	4 January 1993	Fianna Fáil

28.	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	4 January 1993	15 December 1994	Fianna Fáil

29.	Nora Owen	15 December 1994	26 June 1997	Fine Gael

30.	John O'Donoghue	26 June 1997	8 July 1997	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 1997–2010[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

John O'Donoghue	8 July 1997	6 June 2002	Fianna Fáil

31.	Michael McDowell	6 June 2002	14 June 2007	Progressive Democrats

32.	Brian Lenihan Jnr	14 June 2007	7 May 2008	Fianna Fáil

33.	Dermot Ahern	7 May 2008	23 March 2010	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Justice and Law Reform 2010–2011[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Dermot Ahern	23 March 2010	19 January 2011	Fianna Fáil

34.	Brendan Smith	20 January 2011	9 March 2011	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Justice and Equality 2011–present[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

35.	Alan Shatter	9 March 2011	7 May 2014	Fine Gael

36.	Frances Fitzgerald	8 May 2014	14 June 2017	Fine Gael

37.	Charles Flanagan	14 June 2017	Incumbent	Fine Gael

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