Tánaiste

The Tánaiste (pronounced "taw-nish-ta") is the deputy prime minister of Éire or the Republic of Ireland. The office was created in the 1937 Constitution of Ireland, replacing the previous office known as Vice-President of the Executive Council that had existed in the Irish Free State Constitution.

Tánaistithe na hÉireann

Tánaiste	Years	Party	Life time
Sean T. O'Kelly	1937-'45	Fianna Fáil	1882-1966
Sean Lemass	1945-'48	Fianna Fáil	1899-1971
William Norton	1948-'51	Labour	1901-1960
Sean Lemass	1951-'54	Fianna Fáil	1899-1971
William Norton	1954-'57	Labour	1901-1960
Sean Lemass	1957-'59	Fianna Fáil	1899-1971
Seán MacEntee	1959-'65	Fianna Fáil	1889-1984
Frank Aiken	1965-'69	Fianna Fáil	1896-1983
Erskine Hamilton Childers	1969-'73	Fianna Fáil	1905-1974
Brendan Corish	1973-'77	Labour	1917-1990
George Colley	1977-'81	Fianna Fáil	1926-1983
Michael O Leary	1981-'82	Labour	1936-
Ray MacSharry	1982	Fianna Fáil	1938
Dick Spring	1982-'87	Labour	1950-
Peter Barry	1987	Fine Gael	1928-
Brian Lenihan	1987-'90	Fianna Fáil	1930-1995
John Wilson	1990-'92	Fianna Fáil	1923-
Dick Spring	1992-'97	Labour	1950-
Mary Harney	1997-	Progressive Democrats	1953-