Government of the 12th Dáil

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Govt of the 10th Dáil	(1938)
Govt of the 11th Dáil	(1943)
Govt of the 12th Dáil	(1944)
Govt of the 13th Dáil	(1948)
Govt of the 14th Dáil	(1951)

The 12th Dáil was elected on 30 May 1944 and first met on 9 June when the 4th Government of Ireland was appointed. The 12th Dáil lasted for 1,345 days.

Contents 1 4th Government of Ireland 1.1 Changes 19 June 1945 1.2 Changes 22 January 1947 2 See also

[edit] 4th Government of Ireland

The 4th Government of Ireland (9 June 1944–18 February 1948) was formed by the Fianna Fáil party.

Office	Name
An Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
An Tánaiste	Seán T. O'Kelly
Minister for Agriculture	James Ryan
Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures	Frank Aiken
Minister for Defence	Oscar Traynor
Minister for Education	Tomás Ó Deirg
Minister for Finance	Seán T. O'Kelly
Minister for External Affairs	Éamon de Valera
Minister for Industry & Commerce	Seán Lemass
Minister for Justice	Gerald Boland
Minister for Lands	Seán Moylan
Minister for Local Government & Public Health	Seán MacEntee
Minister for Posts & Telegraphs	Patrick Little
Minister for Supplies	Seán Lemass

The government positions are listed in alphabetical order, rather than in terms of seniority.

[edit] Changes 19 June 1945

Seán T. O'Kelly left the cabinet in 1945 when he was elected 2nd President of Ireland.

Office	Name
An Tánaiste	Seán Lemass
Minister for Finance	Frank Aiken

[edit] Changes 22 January 1947

The Department of Health and the Department of Social Welfare were created in January 1947.

Office	Name
Minister for Agriculture	Paddy Smith
Minister for Health	James Ryan
Minister for Social Welfare	James Ryan

[edit] See also

• Members of the 12th Dáil
• Dáil Éireann
• Irish Government
• Bunreacht na hÉireann
• Irish general election, 1944
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland

Governments of Ireland Rialtais na hÉireann
Govt of the 1st Dáil (1918–21) | Govt of the 2nd Dáil (1921–22) | Govt of the 3rd Dáil (1922–23) | Govt of the 4th Dáil (1923–27) | Govt of the 5th Dáil (1927) | Govt of the 6th Dáil (1927–33) | Govt of the 7th Dáil (1932–33) | Govt of the 8th Dáil (1933–37) | Govt of the 9th Dáil (1937–38) | Govt of the 10th Dáil (1938–43) | Govt of the 11th Dáil (1943–44) | Govt of the 12th Dáil (1944–48) | Govt of the 13th Dáil (1948–51) | Govt of the 14th Dáil (1951–54) | Govt of the 15th Dáil (1954–57) | Govt of the 16th Dáil (1957–61) | Govt of the 17th Dáil (1961–65) | Govt of the 18th Dáil (1965–69) | Govt of the 19th Dáil (1969–73) | Govt of the 20th Dáil (1973–77) | Govt of the 21st Dáil (1977–81) | Govt of the 22nd Dáil (1981–82) | Govt of the 23rd Dáil (1982) | Govt of the 24th Dáil (1982–87) | Govt of the 25th Dáil (1987–89) | Govt of the 26th Dáil (1989–92) | Govt of the 27th Dáil (1992–97) | Govt of the 28th Dáil (1997–2002) | Govt of the 29th Dáil (2002–)