Leader of Fianna Fáil

The **Leader of Fianna Fáil** is the most senior politician within the Fianna Fáil political party in Ireland. Since 26 January 2011, the office has been held by Micheál Martin.

## Leaders

|colspan=2|No.|Name|Portrait|Constituency|colspan=2|Term of Office|colspan=2|Taoiseach|||||||
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|rowspan=6|1|rowspan=6 style="text-align:center;"|Éamon de Valera|rowspan=6||rowspan=6|Clare|rowspan=6|23 March 1926|rowspan=6|23 June 1959|style="background-color: "||W. T. Cosgrave (1922–32)|
|style="background-color: "||_Éamon de Valera_ (1932–48)|||||||||||||
|style="background-color: "||John A. Costello (1948–51)|||||||||||||
|style="background-color: "||_Éamon de Valera_ (1951–54)|||||||||||||
|style="background-color: "||John A. Costello (1954–57)|||||||||||||
|style="background-color: "||_Éamon de Valera_ (1957–59)|||||||||||||
|2|align=center|Seán Lemass||Dublin South-Central|23 June 1959 _(leadership election)_|10 November 1966|style="background-color: "||_Seán Lemass_ (1959–66)||||||
|rowspan=3|3|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|Jack Lynch|rowspan=3||rowspan=3|Cork Borough Cork City North-West Cork City|rowspan=3|10 November 1966 _(leadership election)_|rowspan=3|7 December 1979|style="background-color: "||_Jack Lynch_ (1966–73)|
|style="background-color: "||Liam Cosgrave (1973–77)|||||||||||||
|style="background-color: "||_Jack Lynch_ (1977–79)|||||||||||||
|rowspan=5|4|rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;"|Charles Haughey|rowspan=5||rowspan=5|Dublin North-East Dublin Artane Dublin North-Central|rowspan=5|7 December 1979 _(leadership election)_|rowspan=5|6 February 1992|style="background-color: "||_Charles Haughey_ (1979–81)|
|style="background-color: "||Garret FitzGerald (1981–82)|||||||||||||
|style="background-color: "||_Charles Haughey_ (1982)|||||||||||||
|style="background-color: "||Garret FitzGerald (1982–87)|||||||||||||
|style="background-color: "||_Charles Haughey_ (1987–92)|||||||||||||
|5|align=center|Albert Reynolds||Longford–Westmeath|6 February 1992 _(leadership election)_|19 December 1994|style="background-color: "||_Albert Reynolds_ (1992–94)||||||
|rowspan=2|6|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|Bertie Ahern|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|Dublin Central|rowspan=2|19 December 1994 _(leadership election)_|rowspan=2|7 May 2008|style="background-color: "||John Bruton (1994–97)|
|style="background-color: "||_Bertie Ahern_ (1997–2008)|||||||||||||
|7|align=center|Brian Cowen||Laois–Offaly|7 May 2008 _(leadership election)_|22 January 2011|style="background-color: "||rowspan=2|_Brian Cowen_ (2008–11)|||||
|rowspan=5|8|rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;"|Micheál Martin|rowspan=5||rowspan=5|Cork South-Central|rowspan=5|26 January 2011 _(leadership election)_|rowspan=5|_Incumbent_|style="background-color: " height=15|||
|style="background-color: "||Enda Kenny (2011–2017)|||||||||||||
|style="background-color: "||Leo Varadkar (2017–2020)|||||||||||||
|style="background-color: "||_Micheál Martin_ (2020–2022)|||||||||||||
|style="background-color: "||Leo Varadkar (2022–present)|||||||||||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Leader of Fianna Fáil
- **image**: Micheál Martin TD (cropped).jpg
- **imagesize**: 220px
- **incumbent**: Micheál Martin
- **incumbentsince**: 26 January 2011
- **formation**: 23 March 1926
- **inaugural**: Éamon de Valera
- **website**: [http://www.michealmartin.ie/ Micheál Martin, TD]