President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State

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The President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State was the head of government of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1937, roughly equivalent to a prime minister.

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
abolished 1937 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Irish Free State ⓘ
appointedBy Governor-General of the Irish Free State ⓘ
authorityOver Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
category Government of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Heads of government of Ireland ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Irish Free State ⓘ
country Irish Free State ⓘ
countryFollowedBy Ireland ⓘ
endTime 1937-12-29 ⓘ
firstHolder W. T. Cosgrave ⓘ
William Thomas Cosgrave ⓘ
linked to: W. T. Cosgrave
governmentalRole head of government ⓘ
governmentSystem parliamentary system ⓘ
headOfGovernmentFor Irish Free State ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
inception 1922 ⓘ
jurisdiction territory of the Irish Free State ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
lastHolder Éamon de Valera ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Irish Free State ⓘ
memberOf Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
nativeLabel Uachtarán ar Ard-Chomhairle Shaorstáit Éireann ⓘ
nominatedBy Dáil Éireann ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Anglo-Irish Treaty implementation arrangements ⓘ
officeFollowedInPracticeBy Taoiseach of Ireland ⓘ
officeHolderMustBe member of Dáil Éireann ⓘ
officeType prime ministerial office ⓘ
partOf Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
precededBy Prime Minister of the Irish Republic (1919–1922) ⓘ
relativePosition roughly equivalent to a prime minister ⓘ
replacedBy President of the Government of Ireland ⓘ
Taoiseach ⓘ
requiredConfidenceFrom Dáil Éireann ⓘ
residence Dublin ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by Dáil Éireann and formally appointed by Governor-General ⓘ
startTime 1922-12-06 ⓘ
subordinateTo British monarch (in constitutional theory via Governor-General) ⓘ
linked to: British monarch

Governor-General of the Irish Free State ⓘ
termLength dependent on confidence of Dáil Éireann ⓘ
usedBetween 1922 and 1937 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

W. T. Cosgrave → positionHeld → President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
subject linked to: Cosgrave
Taoiseach of Ireland → precededByOffice → President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Imperial Conference of 1930 → attendedBy → Irish Free State President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave ⓘ
linked to: President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State
W. T. Cosgrave → positionHeld → President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas
W. T. Cosgrave → positionHeld → President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
subject linked to: Louisa Flanagan
Minister for Defence of the Irish Free State → nominatedBy → President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ
Minister for Home Affairs (Irish Free State) → nominatedBy → President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State ⓘ