President of Ireland

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head of state political office public office

The President of Ireland is the directly elected, largely ceremonial head of state of Ireland, with important constitutional and representative duties.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
President of Ireland canonical 36
Uachtarán na hÉireann 3
Irish presidency 2

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state ⓘ
political office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
advisedBy Council of State (Ireland) ⓘ
alsoKnownAs President of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Uachtarán na hÉireann
appointedBy direct popular vote ⓘ
ceremonialRole hosts visiting heads of state ⓘ
represents Ireland abroad ⓘ
commanderInChiefOf Defence Forces of Ireland ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
constitutionalArticles Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Articles 12–14 of the Constitution of Ireland
country Ireland ⓘ
currentOfficeHolder Michael D. Higgins ⓘ
currentOfficeHolderAssumedOffice 11 November 2011 ⓘ
electionType direct election ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement must be an Irish citizen ⓘ
must be at least 35 years old ⓘ
firstHolder Douglas Hyde ⓘ
flag Presidential Standard of Ireland ⓘ
formationDate 25 June 1938 ⓘ
governmentTypeContext parliamentary republic ⓘ
headOfStateOf Ireland ⓘ
insignia Seal of the President of Ireland ⓘ
nominator county councils ⓘ
Oireachtas ⓘ
surface form: members of the Oireachtas
oathRequired yes ⓘ
oathSwornBefore Chief Justice of Ireland ⓘ
members of the Oireachtas ⓘ
officeHolderTitleInEnglish President of Ireland self-link ⓘ
officeHolderTitleInIrish President of Ireland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Uachtarán na hÉireann
officeLocation Dublin ⓘ
officialLanguageOfTitle English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
power appoints members of the Government on advice of the Taoiseach ⓘ
appoints the Taoiseach on nomination by Dáil Éireann ⓘ
issues proclamations and orders ⓘ
may convene a meeting of either or both Houses of the Oireachtas ⓘ
may dissolve Dáil Éireann on advice of the Taoiseach ⓘ
may refer bills to the Supreme Court for constitutional review ⓘ
may refuse a dissolution of Dáil Éireann in certain circumstances ⓘ
signs bills into law ⓘ
predecessorOffice Governor-General ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of the Irish Free State
reElectionFact Michael D. Higgins was re-elected in 2018 ⓘ
residence Áras an Uachtaráin ⓘ
residenceLocation Phoenix Park ⓘ
surface form: Phoenix Park, Dublin
role guardian of the Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
largely ceremonial head of state ⓘ
representative of the Irish state ⓘ
salaryDeterminedBy Oireachtas ⓘ
standard Presidential Standard of Ireland ⓘ
style Her Excellency ⓘ
His Excellency ⓘ
Your Excellency ⓘ
termLength 7 years ⓘ
termRenewable once consecutively ⓘ
votingSystem instant-runoff voting ⓘ
single transferable vote ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mary Robinson → positionHeld → President of Ireland ⓘ
President of Ireland → alsoKnownAs → President of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uachtarán na hÉireann
President of Ireland → officeHolderTitleInIrish → President of Ireland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uachtarán na hÉireann
President of Ireland → officeHolderTitleInEnglish → President of Ireland self-link ⓘ
Oireachtas → hasComponent → President of Ireland ⓘ
Oireachtas → headOfStateRole → President of Ireland ⓘ
Oireachtas → canBeDissolvedBy → President of Ireland ⓘ
Dáil Éireann → canBeDissolvedBy → President of Ireland ⓘ
Éamon de Valera → positionHeld → President of Ireland ⓘ
Frank Aiken → officeContested → President of Ireland ⓘ
Government of Ireland → headOfState → President of Ireland ⓘ
Government of Ireland → appointedBy → President of Ireland ⓘ
Seamus Mallon → officeContested → President of Ireland ⓘ
Taoiseach of Ireland → appointedBy → President of Ireland ⓘ
Mary McAleese → positionHeld → President of Ireland ⓘ
Constitution of Ireland → establishes → President of Ireland ⓘ
Constitution of Ireland → headOfStateTitle → President of Ireland ⓘ
Great Seals → keptBy → President of Ireland ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Seal of Ireland
Acts of the Oireachtas → requiresAssentOf → President of Ireland ⓘ
Áras an Uachtaráin → occupant → President of Ireland ⓘ
Áras an Uachtaráin → symbolOf → President of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish presidency
Seal of the President of Ireland → appliesToOffice → President of Ireland ⓘ
Seal of the President of Ireland → usedBy → President of Ireland ⓘ
Seal of the President of Ireland → inscription → President of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uachtarán na hÉireann
Seal of the President of Ireland → inscription → President of Ireland ⓘ
Seal of the President of Ireland → associatedWith → President of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Irish presidency
Presidential Standard of Ireland → represents → President of Ireland ⓘ
Presidential Standard of Ireland → usedBy → President of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the President of Ireland
Presidential Standard of Ireland → associatedWithOffice → President of Ireland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presidency of Ireland
Douglas Hyde → positionHeld → President of Ireland ⓘ
Chief Justice of Ireland → appointedBy → President of Ireland ⓘ
Defence Forces of Ireland → commanderTitle → President of Ireland ⓘ
Council of State (Ireland) → advises → President of Ireland ⓘ
Council of State (Ireland) → appointedBy → President of Ireland ⓘ
Council of State (Ireland) → reportsTo → President of Ireland ⓘ
Council of State (Ireland) → meetsAtDiscretionOf → President of Ireland ⓘ
Michael D. Higgins → positionHeld → President of Ireland ⓘ
Michael D. Higgins was re-elected in 2018 → positionHeld → President of Ireland ⓘ
subject surface form: Michael D. Higgins
Assembly of Ireland → canBeDissolvedBy → President of Ireland ⓘ
President of Dáil Éireann → relatedOffice → President of Ireland ⓘ
Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge → namedForPosition → President of Ireland ⓘ
Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures → appointedBy → President of Ireland ⓘ
Tánaiste of Ireland → appointedBy → President of Ireland ⓘ