Minister for Economic Affairs (Ireland)

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The Minister for Economic Affairs 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 economic growth and development throughout the country. The post was abolished after little over a year in existence.

[edit] Minister for Economic Affairs

#		Name	Entered Office	Left Office	Party
	1.	Robert Barton	26 August 1921	9 January 1922	Sinn Féin
	2.	Kevin O'Higgins	10 January 1922	9 September 1922	Sinn Féin
	3.	Ernest Blythe (acting)	17 July 1922	9 September 1922	Sinn Féin

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