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The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the senior minister at the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Government of Ireland. Its headquarters are at Iveagh House, on St. Stephen's Green in Dublin; "Iveagh House" is often used as a metonym for the department as a whole.
   The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Micheál Martin, TD. He is assisted by two Ministers of State:
The Minister is one of the most important members of the Irish cabinet, with responsibility for the relations between the Republic of Ireland and foreign states. From 1922 until 1971 the title of the office was "Minister for External Affairs".

Overview

Within the department there are a number of divisions:
  • Finance Unit – oversees the financial control of the department.
  • Anglo-Irish Division – deals with Anglo-Irish relations and Northern Ireland.
  • Cultural Division – administers the state's Cultural Relations Programme.
  • European Union Division – coordinates the state's approach within the European Union (EU).
  • Passport and Consular Division – is responsible for the issuing of passports to Irish citizens.
  • Political Division – is responsible for international political issues and manages the state's participation in the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy.
  • Protocol Division – is responsible for the organisation and management of visits of VIPs to the state and of visits abroad by the President of Ireland.

    List of office-holders

    Minister for Foreign Affairs 1919–1922
    # Name Entered Office Left Office Party
    1. Count Plunkett 22 January 1919 26 August 1921 Sinn Féin
    2. Arthur Griffith (1st time) 26 August 1921 9 January 1922 Sinn Féin
    3. George Gavan Duffy 10 January 1922 25 July 1922 Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
    Arthur Griffith (2nd time) 26 July 1922 12 August 1922 Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
    4. Michael Hayes 21 August 1922 9 September 1922 Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin

    Minister for External Affairs 1922–1971
    # Name Entered Office Left Office Party
    5. Desmond FitzGerald 30 August 1922 23 June 1927 Cumann na nGaedhael
    6. Kevin O'Higgins 23 June 1927 10 July 1927 Cumann na nGaedhael
    7. W. T. Cosgrave (acting) 10 July 1927 11 October 1927 Cumann na nGaedhael
    8. Patrick McGilligan 11 October 1927 9 March 1932 Cumann na nGaedhael
    9. Éamon de Valera 9 March 1932 18 February 1948 Fianna Fáil
    10. Seán MacBride 18 February 1948 13 June 1951 Clann na Poblachta
    11. Frank Aiken (1st time) 13 June 1951 2 June 1954 Fianna Fáil
    12. Liam Cosgrave 2 June 1954 20 March 1957 Fine Gael
    Frank Aiken (2nd time) 20 March 1957 2 July 1969 Fianna Fáil
    13. Patrick Hillery 2 July 1969 3 March 1971 Fianna Fáil

    Minister for Foreign Affairs 1971–present
    # Name Entered Office Left Office Party
    Patrick Hillery 3 March 1971 3 January 1973 Fianna Fáil
    14. Brian Lenihan (1st time) 3 January 1973 14 March 1973 Fianna Fáil
    15. Garret FitzGerald 14 March 1973 5 July 1977 Fine Gael
    16. Michael O'Kennedy 5 July 1977 11 December 1979 Fianna Fáil
    Brian Lenihan (2nd time) 12 December 1979 30 June 1981 Fianna Fáil
    17. John Kelly 30 June 1981 21 October 1981 Fine Gael
    18. James Dooge 21 October 1981 9 March 1982 Fine Gael
    19. Gerard Collins (1st time) 9 March 1982 14 December 1982 Fianna Fáil
    20. Peter Barry 14 December 1982 10 March 1987 Fine Gael
    Brian Lenihan (3rd time) 10 March 1987 12 July 1989 Fianna Fáil
    Gerard Collins (2nd time) 12 July 1989 11 February 1992 Fianna Fáil
    21. David Andrews (1st time) 11 February 1992 12 January 1993 Fianna Fáil
    22. Dick Spring (1st time) 12 January 1993 17 November 1994 Labour Party
    23. Albert Reynolds (acting) 18 November 1994 15 December 1994 Fianna Fáil
    Dick Spring (2nd time) 15 December 1994 26 June 1997 Labour Party
    24. Ray Burke 26 June 1997 7 October 1997 Fianna Fáil
    David Andrews (2nd time) 8 October 1997 27 January 2000 Fianna Fáil
    25. Brian Cowen 27 January 2000 29 September 2004 Fianna Fáil
    26. Dermot Ahern 29 September 2004 7 May 2008 Fianna Fáil
    27. Micheál Martin 7 May 2008 Incumbent Fianna Fáil

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