Taoiseach
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The taoiseach is the head of government, or prime minister, of Ireland. The office is appointed by the president of Ireland upon nomination by Dáil Éireann and the office-holder must retain the suppor
Micheal Martin, 2025
Department of the Taoiseach at Government Buildings, Merrion Street, Dublin
Leo Varadkar
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Leo Eric Varadkar is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 2017 to 2020 and from 2022 to 2024, as Tánaiste from 2020 to 2022, and as leader of Fine Gael from 2017 to 2024.
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…coalition together for the first time. The two agreed to rotate the role of taoiseach, with Micheál Martin going first before becoming Tánaiste under Leo Varadkar, and later Simon Harris, of the smaller Fine Gael party. The two parties opted to continue this rotation after the 2024 election. Before the enactment…
Varadkar in 2022
Health Minister Varadkar with Tánaiste Joan Burton at the opening of a unit at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, July 2014
Varadkar and US president Donald Trump in Shannon, Ireland in June 2019
Official portrait, 2020