Leader of Fine Gael

The Leader of Fine Gael is the most senior politician within the Fine Gael political party in Ireland. Since 24 March 2024, the office has been held by Simon Harris following the resignation of Leo Varadkar.

The deputy leader of Fine Gael is Simon Coveney.

Leaders
No.NamePortraitConstituencyTerm of OfficeTaoiseach 1 Eoin O'Duffy 60px None 1933 1934Éamon de Valera (1932–1948) 2 W. T. Cosgrave 60px Carlow–Kilkenny (until 1927)Cork Borough (from 1927) 1934 19443Richard Mulcahy60pxTipperary19441959 John A. Costello (1948–1951) Éamon de Valera (1951–1954) John A. Costello (1954–1957) Éamon de Valera (1957–1959) 4 James Dillon 60px Monaghan 1959 1965 Seán Lemass (1959–1966)5Liam Cosgrave60pxDún Laoghaire and Rathdown19651977 Jack Lynch (1966–1973) Liam Cosgrave (1973–1977)6Garret FitzGerald60pxDublin South-East19771987 Jack Lynch (1977–1979) Charles Haughey (1979–1981) Garret FitzGerald (1981–1982) Charles Haughey (1982) Garret FitzGerald (1982–1987) 7 Alan Dukes 60px Kildare 1987 1990Charles Haughey (1987–1992)8John Bruton60pxMeath19902001 Albert Reynolds (1992–1994) John Bruton (1994–1997)Bertie Ahern (1997–2008) 9 Michael Noonan 60px Limerick East 2001 200210Enda Kenny60pxMayo20022017 Brian Cowen (2008–2011) Enda Kenny (2011–2017)11Leo Varadkar60pxDublin West20172024 Leo Varadkar (2017–2020)Micheál Martin (2020–2022) Leo Varadkar (2022–present)12Simon Harris60pxWicklow2024Incumbent Leo Varadkar (2022–present)

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