Fine Gael

Fine Gael (/ˌfiːnə ˈɡeɪl/ FEE-nə GAYL;^[12] English: Family or Tribe of the Irish) is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in the Republic of Ireland.^[2][3]

Fine Gael
Leader	Simon Harris TD
Deputy Leader	Simon Coveney TD
Chairman	Richard Bruton TD
Seanad Leader	Senator Regina Doherty
President	Leo Varadkar
Founders	W. T. Cosgrave, Eoin O'Duffy, Frank MacDermot
Founded	8 September 1933 (1933-09-08)
Merger of	Cumann na nGaedheal Army Comrades Association National Centre Party
Headquarters	51 Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2, D02 W924, Ireland
Youth wing	Young Fine Gael
LGBT+ wing	Fine Gael LGBT
Membership (2020)	30,000[1]
Ideology	Liberal conservatism[2][3][4] Christian democracy[5][6][7]
Political position	Centre-right[8][9][10][11]
European affiliation	European People's Party
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International
European Parliament group	European People's Party group
Colours	Blue
Slogan	A future to Look Forward to
Dáil Éireann	35 / 160
Seanad Éireann	16 / 60
European Parliament[nb 1]	5 / 13
Local government	254 / 949
Website
finegael.ie

Fine Gael is currently part of the Government of Ireland and is the third largest party in Dáil Éireann.^[13] The party has a membership of 25,000.^[14] It is a junior partner governing under Fianna Fail and the Green Party. Its party leader is Simon Harris who served as Taoiseach from 25 May 2024 to present. Harris succeeded Varadkar who overthrew Enda Kenny as party leader on 2 June 2017 and as Taoiseach on 14 June; Kenny had been leader since 2002, and Taoiseach since 2011.^[15]

Leaders

Main article: Leader of Fine Gael

Notes

1. Fine Gael had 5 MEPS elected at the 2019 European Parliament election. Deirdre Clune, the fifth candidate elected for South, did not take her seat until the UK left the EU and its MEPs vacated their seats.