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.

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[edit] List of office-holders

[edit] Director of Propaganda 1919–1921
# 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 1921–1922
# Name Entered Office Left Office Party
1. Desmond FitzGerald 26 August 1921 9 September 1922 Sinn Féin

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Desmond FitzGerald acted as substitute Director of Propaganda while Laurence Ginnell was imprisoned.
  2. ^ Robert Erskine Childers acted as substitute Director of Propaganda while Desmond FitzGerald was imprisoned.


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