Vice-President of the Executive Council

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The Vice-President of the Executive Council was the deputy head of government in the Irish Free State, acting as second-in-command to the President of the Executive Council.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deputy head of government ⓘ
government office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
abolished 1937 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Irish Free State ⓘ
appointedBy Governor-General of the Irish Free State ⓘ
appointedFor term concurrent with the Executive Council ⓘ
category Defunct political offices of Ireland ⓘ
Government of the Irish Free State ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Constitution of the Irish Free State 1922 ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
Irish Free State ⓘ
endCause adoption of the Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of the Irish Free State ⓘ
governmentSystem parliamentary system of the Irish Free State ⓘ
hasFunction act for the President of the Executive Council in his absence ⓘ
assist the President of the Executive Council ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition second-highest office in the Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
historicalPeriod Irish Free State era ⓘ
inception 1922 ⓘ
legalStatus constitutional office ⓘ
locatedInTime interwar period ⓘ
memberOf Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
nativeLabel Leas-Uachtarán an Ard-Chomhairle ⓘ
nominatedBy President of the Executive Council ⓘ
officeHolder Ernest Blythe ⓘ
Kevin O'Higgins ⓘ
Seán T. O'Kelly ⓘ
William T. Cosgrave (acting, when President absent or incapacitated) ⓘ
linked to: W. T. Cosgrave
officeHolderRole deputy to the President of the Executive Council ⓘ
second-in-command in the government of the Irish Free State ⓘ
officeLevel national executive office ⓘ
officeScope national ⓘ
officeType cabinet-level position ⓘ
partOf Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
positionAfter Tánaiste of Ireland ⓘ
precededBy none (new office created in 1922) ⓘ
replacedBy Deputy head of government of Ireland ⓘ
Tánaiste ⓘ
reportsTo Dáil Éireann ⓘ
residence Dublin, Irish Free State ⓘ
linked to: Dublin
seat Dublin ⓘ
style Vice-President ⓘ
subordinateTo President of the Executive Council ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitution of the Irish Free State → establishedOffice → Vice-President of the Executive Council ⓘ
Irish Free State Executive Council → deputyLeaderTitle → Vice President of the Executive Council ⓘ
linked to: Vice-President of the Executive Council