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)

Frank Aiken (1st time) of Fianna Fáil, served as the Minister for External Affairs from 13 June 1951 to 2 June 1954.

final_sentence: Frank Aiken (1st time) of Fianna Fáil, served as the Minister for External Affairs from 13 June 1951 to 2 June 1954.