Government of the 9th Dáil

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Govt of the 7th Dáil	(1932)
Govt of the 8th Dáil	(1933)
Govt of the 9th Dáil	(1937)
Govt of the 10th Dáil	(1938)
Govt of the 11th Dáil	(1943)

The 9th Dáil was elected at the 1937 general election on July 1, 1937 and first met on July 21 when the 8th Executive Council was appointed. The 9th Dáil lasted for 351 days.

[edit] 8th Executive Council of the Irish Free State

The 8th Executive Council of the Irish Free State (21 July 1937 – 29 December 1937) was formed by the Fianna Fáil party.

Office	Name
President of the Executive Council		Éamon de Valera
Vice-President of the Executive Council		Seán T. O'Kelly
Minister for Agriculture		James Ryan
Minister for Defence		Frank Aiken
Minister for Education		Tomás Ó Deirg
Minister for External Affairs		Éamon de Valera
Minister for Finance		Seán MacEntee
Minister for Industry & Commerce		Seán Lemass
Minister for Justice		P. J. Ruttledge
Minister for Lands		Gerald Boland
Minister for Local Government & Public Health		Seán T. O'Kelly
Minister for Posts & Telegraphs		Oscar Traynor

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

[edit] 1st Government of Ireland

The 1st Government of Ireland (29 December 1937 – 30 June 1938) was formed by the Fianna Fáil party. Under the terms of the 1937 Constitution of Ireland, the 8th Executive Council of the Irish Free State became the 1st Government of Ireland. The offices of President of the Executive Council and Vice-President of the Executive Council were abolished, replaced by the offices of Taoiseach and Tánaiste respectively. There was no new election and no change in the personnel of the Government.

Office	Name
An Taoiseach		Éamon de Valera
An Tánaiste		Seán T. O'Kelly
Minister for Agriculture		James Ryan
Minister for Defence		Frank Aiken
Minister for Education		Tomás Ó Deirg
Minister for External Affairs		Éamon de Valera
Minister for Finance		Seán MacEntee
Minister for Industry & Commerce		Seán Lemass
Minister for Justice		P. J. Ruttledge
Minister for Lands		Gerald Boland
Minister for Local Government & Public Health		Seán T. O'Kelly
Minister for Posts & Telegraphs		Oscar Traynor

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

[edit] See also

• Members of the 9th Dáil
• Parliamentary Secretaries of the 9th Dáil
• Dáil Éireann
• Irish Government
• Constitution of the Irish Free State
• Constitution of Ireland
• Irish general election, 1937
• Politics of Ireland

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