President of the Executive Council

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head of government office political office

The President of the Executive Council was the title used for the head of government of the Irish Free State from 1922 until the office was replaced by that of Taoiseach in 1937.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State (for most executive functions in the Free State) 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
abolished 1937 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Irish Free State ⓘ
appointedBy Governor-General ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of the Irish Free State
constitutionalStatus head of government ⓘ
country Irish Free State ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Irish Free State ⓘ
endTime 1937 ⓘ
firstHolder W. T. Cosgrave ⓘ
W. T. Cosgrave ⓘ
surface form: William Thomas Cosgrave
followedBy Taoiseach of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Taoiseach
governmentBranch executive branch ⓘ
hasSuccessorRole Taoiseach of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Taoiseach
headOf Irish Free State Executive Council ⓘ
surface form: Executive Council of the Irish Free State
inception 1922 ⓘ
jurisdiction Irish Free State ⓘ
lastHolder Éamon de Valera ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Irish Free State ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Irish Free State ⓘ
memberOf Irish Free State Executive Council ⓘ
surface form: Executive Council of the Irish Free State
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
nominatedBy Dáil Éireann ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Constitution of the Irish Free State ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Taoiseach of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State
officeScope national ⓘ
partOf Irish Free State Executive Council ⓘ
surface form: Government of the Irish Free State
positionHeldBy W. T. Cosgrave ⓘ
Éamon de Valera ⓘ
precededBy Prime Minister of the Irish Republic ⓘ
replacedBy Taoiseach of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Taoiseach
replacedByOfficeCreatedBy Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
replacedOffice Chairman of the Provisional Government of Ireland ⓘ
reportsTo Dáil Éireann ⓘ
residence Dublin ⓘ
seat Dublin ⓘ
shortDescription head of government of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1937 ⓘ
startTime 1922 ⓘ
styleOfAddress President ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ
usedBetween 1922–1937 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Constitution of the Irish Free State → establishedOffice → President of the Executive Council ⓘ
Irish Free State → headOfGovernmentTitle → President of the Executive Council ⓘ
Chief Secretary for Ireland → replacedBy → President of the Executive Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State (for most executive functions in the Free State)