Minister for Education and Skills
List of office-holders

Minister for Education and Skills

Section Title: List of office-holders
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Minister for Education 1921–1997[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

1.	John J. O'Kelly	26 August 1921	9 January 1922	Sinn Féin

2.	Michael Hayes	11 January 1922	9 September 1922	Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin

3.	Fionán Lynch	1 April 1922	30 August 1922	Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin

4.	Eoin MacNeill	30 August 1922	24 November 1925	Cumann na nGaedheal

5.	John M. O'Sullivan	28 January 1926	9 March 1932	Cumann na nGaedheal

6.	Thomas Derrig (1st time)	9 March 1932	8 September 1939	Fianna Fáil

7.	Seán T. O'Kelly	8 September 1939	27 September 1939	Fianna Fáil

8.	Éamon de Valera (acting)	27 September 1939	18 June 1940	Fianna Fáil

Thomas Derrig (2nd time)	18 June 1940	18 February 1948	Fianna Fáil

9.	Richard Mulcahy (1st time)	18 February 1948	13 June 1951	Fine Gael

10.	Seán Moylan	13 June 1951	2 June 1954	Fianna Fáil

Richard Mulcahy (2nd time)	2 June 1954	20 March 1957	Fine Gael

11.	Jack Lynch (1st time)	20 March 1957	23 June 1959	Fianna Fáil

12.	Patrick Hillery	23 June 1959	21 April 1965	Fianna Fáil

13.	George Colley	21 April 1965	13 July 1966	Fianna Fáil

14.	Donogh O'Malley	13 July 1966	10 March 1968	Fianna Fáil

Jack Lynch (acting)	10 March 1968	26 March 1968	Fianna Fáil

15.	Brian Lenihan	26 March 1968	2 July 1969	Fianna Fáil

16.	Pádraig Faulkner	2 July 1969	14 March 1973	Fianna Fáil

17.	Richard Burke	14 March 1973	2 December 1976	Fine Gael

18.	Peter Barry	2 December 1976	5 July 1977	Fine Gael

19.	John Wilson	5 July 1977	30 June 1981	Fianna Fáil

20.	John Boland	30 June 1981	9 March 1982	Fine Gael

21.	Martin O'Donoghue	9 March 1982	6 October 1982	Fianna Fáil

22.	Charles Haughey (acting)	7 October 1982	27 October 1982	Fianna Fáil

23.	Gerard Brady	27 October 1982	14 December 1982	Fianna Fáil

24.	Gemma Hussey	14 December 1982	14 February 1986	Fine Gael

25.	Patrick Cooney	14 February 1986	10 March 1987	Fine Gael

26.	Mary O'Rourke	10 March 1987	14 November 1991	Fianna Fáil

27.	Noel Davern	14 November 1991	11 February 1992	Fianna Fáil

28.	Séamus Brennan	11 February 1992	12 January 1993	Fianna Fáil

29.	Niamh Bhreathnach (1st time)	12 January 1993	17 November 1994	Labour Party

30.	Michael Smith	18 November 1994	15 December 1994	Fianna Fáil

Niamh Bhreathnach (2nd time)	15 December 1994	26 June 1997	Labour Party

31.	Micheál Martin	26 June 1997	30 September 1997	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Education and Science 1997–2010[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Micheál Martin	30 September 1997	27 January 2000	Fianna Fáil

32.	Michael Woods	27 January 2000	6 June 2002	Fianna Fáil

33.	Noel Dempsey	6 June 2002	29 September 2004	Fianna Fáil

34.	Mary Hanafin	29 September 2004	7 May 2008	Fianna Fáil

35.	Batt O'Keeffe	7 May 2008	23 March 2010	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Education and Skills 2010–present[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

36.	Mary Coughlan	23 March 2010	9 March 2011	Fianna Fáil

37.	Ruairi Quinn	9 March 2011	11 July 2014	Labour Party

38.	Jan O'Sullivan	11 July 2014	6 May 2016	Labour Party

39.	Richard Bruton	6 May 2016	16 October 2018	Fine Gael

40.	Joe McHugh	16 October 2018	Incumbent	Fine Gael

Sentence(s)

Labour Party's Niamh Bhreathnach (1st time) was the Minister for Education from 12 January 1993 to 17 November 1994.

final_sentence: Labour Party's Niamh Bhreathnach (1st time) was the Minister for Education from 12 January 1993 to 17 November 1994.