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A Tánaiste (plural: Tánaistí) is the deputy head of the government of the Republic of Ireland.

The Taoiseach nominates a member of Government to be Tánaiste. Mary Coughlan is the current Tánaiste.

Under the Irish Free State, the deputy leader was Deputy President of the Executive Council. In 1937 the title was changed to Tánaiste

In history, the tánaiste was the heir of the chief (taoiseach) or king (rí).

Tánaistí na hÉireann
Vice Heads of Government

Séan T Ó Ceallaigh  · Seán Lemass  · William Norton  · Seán MacEntee  · Frank Aiken  · Erskine Childers  · Brendan Corish  · George Colley  · Michael O'Leary  · Ray MacSharry  · Dick Spring  · Peter Barry  · Brian Lenihan  · John Wilson  · Bertie Ahern  · Mary Harney  · Michael McDowell  · Brian Cowen  · Mary Coughlan
Government of Ireland
Vice-Presidents of the Executive Council
Kevin O'Higgins  · Ernest Blythe  · Séan T Ó Ceallaigh


Images for kids

  • Sean T OKelly WhiteHouse 19390517

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  • Séan Lemass at Schiphol Airport (cropped)

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  • Séan Lemass at Schiphol Airport (cropped)

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  • Irish Tánaiste Dick Spring at the White House, 16 Nov 1993

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  • Irish Tánaiste Dick Spring at the White House, 16 Nov 1993

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  • Brian Cowen in Philadelphia

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  • Frances Fitzgerald 2014

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