Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
List of office-holders

Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Section Title: List of office-holders
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Minister for Economic Planning and Development 1977–1980[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

1.	Martin O'Donoghue	8 July 1977	11 December 1979	Fianna Fáil

2.	Michael O'Kennedy	12 December 1979	21 January 1980	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Energy 1980–1981[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Michael O'Kennedy	21 January 1980	22 January 1980	Fianna Fáil

3.	George Colley	22 January 1980	30 June 1981	Fianna Fáil

4.	Michael O'Leary	30 June 1981	21 August 1981	Labour Party

Minister for Industry and Energy 1981–1983[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Michael O'Leary	21 August 1981	9 March 1982	Labour Party

5.	Albert Reynolds (1st time)	9 March 1982	14 December 1982	Fianna Fáil

6.	John Bruton	14 December 1982	13 December 1983	Fine Gael

7.	Dick Spring	13 December 1983	17 December 1983	Labour Party

Minister for Energy 1983–1993[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Dick Spring	17 December 1983	20 January 1987	Labour Party

8.	Michael Noonan	20 January 1987	10 March 1987	Fine Gael

9.	Ray Burke	10 March 1987	24 November 1988	Fianna Fáil

10.	Michael Smith	24 November 1988	12 July 1989	Fianna Fáil

11.	Bobby Molloy	12 July 1989	4 November 1992	Progressive Democrats

Albert Reynolds (2nd time)	4 November 1992	12 January 1993	Fianna Fáil

12.	Brian Cowen	12 January 1993	22 January 1993	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Tourism and Trade 1993–1997[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

13.	Charlie McCreevy	22 January 1993	15 December 1994	Fianna Fáil

14.	Enda Kenny	15 December 1994	26 June 1997	Fine Gael

15.	Jim McDaid	26 June 1997	12 July 1997	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation 1997–2002[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Jim McDaid	12 July 1997	6 June 2002	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism 2002–2010[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

16.	John O'Donoghue	6 June 2002	14 June 2007	Fianna Fáil

17.	Séamus Brennan	14 June 2007	6 May 2008	Fianna Fáil

18.	Martin Cullen	7 May 2008	23 March 2010	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport 2010–2011[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

19.	Mary Hanafin	23 March 2010	9 March 2011	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 2011–2016[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

20.	Jimmy Deenihan	9 March 2011	11 July 2014	Fine Gael

21.	Heather Humphreys	11 July 2014	12 July 2016	Fine Gael

Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs 2016–2017[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Heather Humphreys	12 July 2016	14 June 2017	Fine Gael

Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 2017–present[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Heather Humphreys	26 July 2017	30 November 2017	Fine Gael

22.	Josepha Madigan	30 November 2017	Incumbent	Fine Gael

Sentence(s)

Labour Party's Michael O'Leary was Minister of Industry and Energy from August 21, 1981 to March 9, 1982.

final_sentence: Labour Party's Michael O'Leary was Minister of Industry and Energy from August 21, 1981 to March 9, 1982.