Taoiseach
| No. |
Name
|
Portrait |
Term of office |
Elected
|
Govt. |
Party of Taoiseach
|
Last office(s) held before election |
|
2. |
Éamon de Valera
|
|
29 December 1937 |
18 February 1948 |
— |
1st |
Fianna Fáil |
President of the Executive Council (1932–1937) |
| 1938 (10th) |
2nd |
| 1943 (11th) |
3rd |
| 1944 (12th) |
4th |
|
3. |
John A. Costello
|
|
18 February 1948 |
13 June 1951 |
1948 (13th) |
5th |
Fine Gael
|
Attorney General of Ireland (1926–1932) |
|
|
Éamon de Valera
|
|
13 June 1951 |
2 June 1954 |
1951 (14th) |
6th |
Fianna Fáil |
Leader of the Opposition (1948–1951) |
|
|
John A. Costello
|
|
2 June 1954 |
20 March 1957 |
1954 (15th) |
7th |
Fine Gael
|
Leader of the Opposition (1951–1954) |
|
|
Éamon de Valera
|
|
20 March 1957 |
23 June 1959 |
1957 (16th) |
8th |
Fianna Fáil |
Leader of the Opposition (1954–1957) |
|
4. |
Seán Lemass
|
|
23 June 1959 |
10 November 1966 |
9th |
Fianna Fáil |
Tánaiste (1957–1959)
Minister for Industry and Commerce (1957–1959) |
| 1961 (17th) |
10th |
| 1965 (18th) |
11th |
|
5. |
Jack Lynch
|
|
10 November 1966 |
14 March 1973 |
12th |
Fianna Fáil |
Minister for Finance (1965–1966) |
| 1969 (19th) |
13th |
|
6. |
Liam Cosgrave
|
|
14 March 1973 |
5 July 1977 |
1973 (20th) |
14th |
Fine Gael
|
Leader of the Opposition (1965–1973) |
|
|
Jack Lynch
|
|
5 July 1977 |
11 December 1979 |
1977 (21st) |
15th |
Fianna Fáil |
Leader of the Opposition (1973–1977) |
|
7. |
Charles Haughey
|
|
11 December 1979 |
30 June 1981 |
16th |
Fianna Fáil |
Minister for Social Welfare (1977–1979)
Minister for Health (1977–1979) |
|
8. |
Garret FitzGerald
|
|
30 June 1981 |
9 March 1982 |
1981 (22nd) |
17th |
Fine Gael
|
Leader of the Opposition (1977–1981) |
|
|
Charles Haughey
|
|
9 March 1982 |
14 December 1982 |
1982 (23rd) |
18th |
Fianna Fáil |
Leader of the Opposition (1981–1982) |
|
|
Garret FitzGerald
|
|
14 December 1982 |
10 March 1987 |
1982 (24th) |
19th |
Fine Gael
|
Leader of the Opposition (1982) |
|
|
Charles Haughey
|
|
10 March 1987 |
11 February 1992 |
1987 (25th) |
20th |
Fianna Fáil |
Leader of the Opposition (1982–1987) |
| 1989 (26th) |
21st |
Fianna Fáil
|
|
9. |
Albert Reynolds
|
|
11 February 1992 |
15 December 1994 |
22nd |
Fianna Fáil
|
Minister for Finance (1988–1991) |
| 1992 (27th) |
23rd |
Fianna Fáil
|
|
10. |
John Bruton
|
|
15 December 1994 |
26 June 1997 |
24th |
Fine Gael
|
Leader of the Opposition (1990–1994) |
|
11. |
Bertie Ahern
|
|
26 June 1997 |
7 May 2008 |
1997 (28th) |
25th |
Fianna Fáil
|
Leader of the Opposition (1994–1997) |
| 2002 (29th) |
26th |
| 2007 (30th) |
27th |
|
12. |
Brian Cowen
|
|
7 May 2008 |
9 March 2011 |
28th |
Fianna Fáil
|
Tánaiste (2007–2008)
Minister for Finance (2004–2008) |
|
13. |
Enda Kenny
|
|
9 March 2011 |
Incumbent |
2011 (31st) |
29th |
Fine Gael
|
Leader of the Opposition (2002–2011) |