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Leader of the Labour Party in Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Leader of the Labour Party is the most senior politician within the Labour Party in Ireland. Since 24 March 2022, the office has been held by Ivana Bacik,[1] following the resignation of Alan Kelly as leader of the party.
Leader of the Labour Party | |
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Inaugural holder | James Connolly (de facto) Thomas Johnson (de jure) |
Formation | 1912 (de facto) 1917 (de jure) |
Website | Ivana Bacik, TD |
In a review of procedures at the party's 2017 conference, the position of Deputy Leader was abolished after a year of lying vacant, and the nomination and seconding of new leadership candidates was extended to Senators and MEPs as well as TDs.[2]
Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Constituency | Term of Office | Office(s) held | ||
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Barry Desmond | Dún Laoghaire | 22 February 1982 | July 1989 | Minister for Social Welfare Minister for Health | ||
Ruairi Quinn | Dublin South-East | July 1989 | 13 November 1997 | Minister for Enterprise and Employment Minister for Finance | ||
Brendan Howlin | Wexford | 13 November 1997 | 25 October 2002 | |||
Liz McManus | Wicklow | 25 October 2002 | 4 October 2007 | |||
Joan Burton | Dublin West | 4 October 2007 | 4 July 2014 | Minister for Social Protection | ||
Alan Kelly | Tipperary North | 4 July 2014 | 20 May 2016 | Minister of State for Public and Commuter Transport Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government | ||
Position vacant | 20 May 2016 | |||||
Position abolished | April 2017 |
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