Irish Defence Ministers
Minister | Term of Office | Party |
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Richard Mulcahy | Jan. 1919-Apr. 1919 | Sinn Féin |
Cathal Brugha | Apr. 1919-Jan. 1922 | Sinn Féin |
Richard Mulcahy | Jan. 1922-Mar. 1924 | Cumann na nGaedhael |
W. T. Cosgrave | Mar. 1924-Nov. 1924 | Cumann na nGaedhael |
Peter Hughes | Nov. 1924-Jun. 1927 | Cumann na nGaedhael |
Desmond FitzGerald | June 1927-Mar. 1932 | Cumann na nGaedhael |
Frank Aiken | Mar. 1932-Sept. 1939 | Fianna Fáil |
Oscar Traynor | Sept. 1939-Feb. 1948 | Fianna Fáil |
Thomas F. O'Higgins | Feb. 1948-Mar. 1951 | Fine Gael |
Seán MacEoin | Mar. 1951-June 1951 | Fine Gael |
Oscar Traynor | June 1951-June 1954 | Fianna Fáil |
Seán MacEoin | June 1954-Mar. 1957 | Fine Gael |
Kevin Boland | Mar. 1957-Oct. 1961 | Fianna Fáil |
Gerald Bartley | Oct. 1961-Apr. 1965 | Fianna Fáil |
Michael Hilliard | Apr. 1965-July 1969 | Fianna Fáil |
Jim Gibbons | July 1969-May 1970 | Fianna Fáil |
Jerry Cronin | May 1970-Mar. 1973 | Fianna Fáil |
Paddy Donegan | Mar. 1973-Dec. 1976 | Fine Gael |
Oliver J. Flanagan | Dec. 1976-July 1977 | Fine Gael |
Bobby Molloy | July 1977-Dec. 1979 | Fianna Fáil |
Pádraig Faulkner | Dec. 1979-Oct. 1980 | Fianna Fáil |
Sylvester Barret | Oct. 1980-June 1981 | Fianna Fáil |
James Tully | June 1981-Mar. 1982 | Fine Gael |
Paddy Power | Mar. 1982-Dec. 1982 | Fianna Fáil |
Patrick Cooney | Dec. 1982-Feb. 1986 | Fine Gael |
Paddy O'Toole | Feb. 1986-Mar. 1987 | Fine Gael |
Michael J. Noonan | Mar. 1987-July 1989 | Fianna Fáil |
Brian Lenihan | July 1989-Oct. 1990 | Fianna Fáil |
Charles Haughey | Nov. 1990-Feb. 1991 | Fianna Fáil |
Brendan daly | Feb. 1991-Nov. 1991 | Fianna Fáil |
Vincent Brady | Nov. 1991-Feb. 1992 | Fianna Fáil |
John P. Wilson | Feb. 1992-Jan. 1993 | Fianna Fáil |
David Andrews | Jan. 1993-Dec. 1994 | Fianna Fáil |
Hugh Coveney | Dec. 1994-May. 1995 | Fine Gael |
Seán Barret | May 1995-June 1997 | Fine Gael |
David Andrews | June 1997-Oct. 1997 | Fianna Fáil |
Michael Smith | Oct. 1997- | Fianna Fáil |