Tánaiste
A Tánaiste (plural: Tánaistí) is the deputy head of the government of the Republic of Ireland.
The Taoiseach nominates a member of Government to be Tánaiste. Micheál Martin is the current Tánaiste.
Under the Irish Free State, the deputy leader was Deputy President of the Executive Council. In 1937 the title was changed to Tánaiste
In history, the tánaiste was the heir of the chief (taoiseach) or king (rí).
Tánaistí na hÉireann Vice Heads of Government | ||
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Séan T Ó Ceallaigh · Seán Lemass · William Norton · Seán MacEntee · Frank Aiken · Erskine Childers · Brendan Corish · George Colley · Michael O'Leary · Ray MacSharry · Dick Spring · Peter Barry · Brian Lenihan · John Wilson · Bertie Ahern · Mary Harney · Michael McDowell · Brian Cowen · Mary Coughlan
|  Government of Ireland | |
| Vice-Presidents of the Executive Council | ||
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