Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
List of office-holders
Table:
Director of Agriculture 1919–1921[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

1.	Robert Barton	2 April 1919	26 August 1921	Sinn Féin

Secretary for Agriculture 1921–1922[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

2.	Art O'Connor	26 August 1921	9 January 1922	Sinn Féin

Minister for Agriculture 1922–1924[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

3.	Patrick Hogan	11 January 1922	2 June 1924	Cumann na nGaedheal

Minister for Lands and Agriculture 1924–1930[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Patrick Hogan	2 June 1924	3 April 1930	Cumann na nGaedheal

Minister for Agriculture 1930–1965[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Patrick Hogan	3 April 1930	9 March 1932	Cumann na nGaedheal

4.	James Ryan	9 March 1932	21 January 1947	Fianna Fáil

5.	Paddy Smith (1st time)	21 January 1947	18 February 1948	Fianna Fáil

6.	James Dillon (1st time)	18 February 1948	13 June 1951	Independent

7.	Thomas Walsh	13 June 1951	2 June 1954	Fianna Fáil

James Dillon (2nd time)	2 June 1954	20 March 1957	Fine Gael

8.	Frank Aiken (1st time)	20 March 1957	16 May 1957	Fianna Fáil

9.	Seán Moylan	16 May 1957	16 November 1957	Fianna Fáil

Frank Aiken (2nd time)	16 November 1957	27 November 1957	Fianna Fáil

Paddy Smith (2nd time)	27 November 1957	8 October 1964	Fianna Fáil

10.	Charles Haughey	8 October 1964	6 July 1965	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries 1965–1977[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Charles Haughey	6 July 1965	10 November 1966	Fianna Fáil

11.	Neil Blaney	10 November 1966	7 May 1970	Fianna Fáil

12.	Jim Gibbons (1st time)	7 May 1970	14 March 1973	Fianna Fáil

13.	Mark Clinton	14 March 1973	9 February 1977	Fine Gael

Minister for Agriculture 1977–1987[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Mark Clinton	9 February 1977	5 July 1977	Fine Gael

Jim Gibbons (2nd time)	5 July 1977	11 December 1979	Fianna Fáil

14.	Ray MacSharry	12 December 1979	30 June 1981	Fianna Fáil

15.	Alan Dukes	30 June 1981	9 March 1982	Fine Gael

16.	Brian Lenihan	9 March 1982	14 December 1982	Fianna Fáil

17.	Austin Deasy	14 December 1982	10 March 1987	Fine Gael

18.	Michael O'Kennedy	10 March 1987	31 March 1987	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Agriculture and Food 1987–1993[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Michael O'Kennedy	31 March 1987	14 November 1991	Fianna Fáil

19.	Michael Woods	14 November 1991	11 February 1992	Fianna Fáil

20.	Joe Walsh (1st time)	11 February 1992	21 January 1993	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry 1993–1997[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Joe Walsh (1st time)	21 January 1993	15 December 1994	Fianna Fáil

21.	Ivan Yates	15 December 1994	26 June 1997	Fine Gael

Joe Walsh (2nd time)	26 June 1997	12 July 1997	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Agriculture and Food 1997–1999[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Joe Walsh (2nd time)	12 July 1997	27 September 1999	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development 1999–2002[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Joe Walsh (2nd time)	29 September 1999	6 June 2002	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Agriculture and Food 2002–2007[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Joe Walsh (2nd time)	6 June 2002	29 September 2004	Fianna Fáil

22.	Mary Coughlan	29 September 2004	14 June 2007	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2007–2011[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

Mary Coughlan	14 June 2007	7 May 2008	Fianna Fáil

23.	Brendan Smith	7 May 2008	9 March 2011	Fianna Fáil

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 2011–present[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office	Party

24.	Simon Coveney	9 March 2011	6 May 2016	Fine Gael

25.	Michael Creed	6 May 2016	Incumbent	Fine Gael

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