Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
List of office-holders

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

Section Title: List of office-holders
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Minister for Foreign Affairs 1919–1922[edit]

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office	Party

1.	-	George Noble Plunkett	22 January 1919	26 August 1921	Sinn Féin

2.	-	Arthur Griffith (1st time)	26 August 1921	9 January 1922	Sinn Féin

3.	-	George Gavan Duffy	10 January 1922	25 July 1922	Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin

-	Arthur Griffith (2nd time)	26 July 1922	12 August 1922	Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin

4.	-	Michael Hayes	21 August 1922	9 September 1922	Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin

Minister for External Affairs 1922–1971[edit]

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office	Party

5.	-	Desmond FitzGerald	30 August 1922	23 June 1927	Cumann na nGaedheal

6.	-	Kevin O'Higgins	23 June 1927	10 July 1927	Cumann na nGaedheal

7.	-	W. T. Cosgrave	10 July 1927	11 October 1927	Cumann na nGaedheal

8.	-	Patrick McGilligan	11 October 1927	9 March 1932	Cumann na nGaedheal

9.	-	Éamon de Valera	9 March 1932	18 February 1948	Fianna Fáil

10.	-	Seán MacBride	18 February 1948	13 June 1951	Clann na Poblachta

11.	-	Frank Aiken (1st time)	13 June 1951	2 June 1954	Fianna Fáil

12.	-	Liam Cosgrave	2 June 1954	20 March 1957	Fine Gael

-	Frank Aiken (2nd time)	20 March 1957	2 July 1969	Fianna Fáil

13.	-	Patrick Hillery	2 July 1969	3 March 1971	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Foreign Affairs 1971–2011[edit]

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office	Party

-	Patrick Hillery	3 March 1971	3 January 1973	Fianna Fáil

14.	-	Brian Lenihan (1st time)	3 January 1973	14 March 1973	Fianna Fáil

15.	-	Garret FitzGerald	14 March 1973	5 July 1977	Fine Gael

16.	-	Michael O'Kennedy	5 July 1977	11 December 1979	Fianna Fáil

-	Brian Lenihan (2nd time)	12 December 1979	30 June 1981	Fianna Fáil

17.	-	John Kelly	30 June 1981	21 October 1981	Fine Gael

18.	-	James Dooge	21 October 1981	9 March 1982	Fine Gael

19.	-	Gerry Collins (1st time)	9 March 1982	14 December 1982	Fianna Fáil

20.	-	Peter Barry	14 December 1982	10 March 1987	Fine Gael

-	Brian Lenihan (3rd time)	10 March 1987	12 July 1989	Fianna Fáil

-	Gerry Collins (2nd time)	12 July 1989	11 February 1992	Fianna Fáil

21.	-	David Andrews (1st time)	11 February 1992	12 January 1993	Fianna Fáil

22.	-	Dick Spring (1st time)	12 January 1993	17 November 1994	Labour Party

23.	-	Albert Reynolds	18 November 1994	15 December 1994	Fianna Fáil

-	Dick Spring (2nd time)	15 December 1994	26 June 1997	Labour Party

24.	-	Ray Burke	26 June 1997	7 October 1997	Fianna Fáil

-	David Andrews (2nd time)	8 October 1997	27 January 2000	Fianna Fáil

25.	-	Brian Cowen	27 January 2000	29 September 2004	Fianna Fáil

26.	Dermot Ahern.JPG	Dermot Ahern	29 September 2004	7 May 2008	Fianna Fáil

27.	-	Micheál Martin	7 May 2008	19 January 2011	Fianna Fáil

-	Brian Cowen (2nd time)	19 January 2011	9 March 2011	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 2011–present[edit]

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office	Party

28.	-	Eamon Gilmore	9 March 2011	11 July 2014	Labour Party

29.	-	Charles Flanagan	11 July 2014	14 June 2017	Fine Gael

30.	-	Simon Coveney	14 June 2017	Incumbent	Fine Gael

Sentence(s)

The Labour Party's Dick Spring was Minister for Foreign Affairs for the first time from 12 January 1993 to 17 November 1994.

final_sentence: The Labour Party's Dick Spring was Minister for Foreign Affairs for the first time from 12 January 1993 to 17 November 1994.