Tánaiste
Sign in to saveAlso known as Tanaiste, Irish deputy prime minister, deputy prime minister of Ireland, deputy prime minister of the Republic of Ireland, deputy prime minister of the Irish Republic, deputy head of the government of the Republic of Ireland, deputy head of the government of the Irish Republic
The Tánaiste ( , ) is the second-ranking member of the government of Ireland and the holder of its second-most senior office. They are the equivalent of the deputy prime minister in other parliamentary systems.
Key facts
- Official post.post
- Tánaiste
- Official post.image
- Simon Harris at the Special European Council - 2024 (cropped).jpg
- Official post.imagesize
- 200px
- Official post.incumbent
- Simon Harris
- Official post.incumbentsince
- 23 January 2025
- Official post.department
- Executive branch of the Irish Government
- Official post.type
- Deputy prime minister
- Official post.status
- Cabinet minister
- Official post.style
- Tánaiste
- Official post.reports_to
- Taoiseach
- Official post.seat
- Dublin, Ireland
- Official post.nominator
- Taoiseach
- Official post.appointer
- President of Ireland
- Official post.formation
- 29 December 1937
- Official post.inaugural
- Seán T. O'Kelly
- Official post.salary
- €229,473
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public office
- Part of
- Government of Ireland
- Official name
- Tánaiste
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
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- Commons category
- Tánaistí
- appointed by
- President of Ireland
- topic's main category
- Category:Tánaistí
- applies to jurisdiction
- Republic of Ireland
- inception
- 1937-12-29
- position holder
- Frances Fitzgerald
- native label
- Tánaiste
- term length of position
- 5
- official residence
- Dublin
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Overview
- List of office-holders
- Vice-President of the Executive Council
- Tánaiste
- Timeline
- References
The Tánaiste ( , ) is the second-ranking member of the government of Ireland and the holder of its second-most senior office. They are the equivalent of the deputy prime minister in other parliamentary systems.
The Tánaiste is appointed by the president of Ireland on the advice of the Taoiseach. The current office holder is Simon Harris, TD, who was appointed on 23 January 2025.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tánaiste” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.