Minister for Publicity (Ireland)

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The Minister for Publicity was the name of a government department in the Government of the Irish Republic, the self-declared state which was established in 1919 by Dáil Éireann, the extra-legal parliamentary assembly made up of the majority of Irish MPs elected in the 1918 general election. The portfolio was created to promote the new government of Ireland throughout the country and also abroad. In the First Dáil, the post was called Director of Propaganda. The post was abolished at the end of the Second Dáil.

[edit] Director of Propaganda

#		Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
	1.	Laurence Ginnell	1 April 1919	17 June 1919	Sinn Féin
	2.	Desmond FitzGerald[1]	17 June 1919	11 February 1921	Sinn Féin
	3.	Robert Erskine Childers[2]	12 February 1921	8 March 1921	Sinn Féin

[edit] Minister for Publicity

#		Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
	1.	Desmond FitzGerald	August 26, 1921	September 9, 1922	Sinn Féin

[edit] Footnotes

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