Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State

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Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State
Type Head of Government
FormationJanuary 1922
First holder Michael Collins
Final holder W. T. Cosgrave
Abolished6 December 1922
Succession President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State

The Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State was a transitional post established in January 1922, lasting until the creation of the Irish Free State in December 1922.

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The Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921 was passed by the Irish Republic's Dáil Éireann. The British government also required it to be passed by the House of Commons of Southern Ireland, and for a legal government to be established. Michael Collins became Chairman of the Provisional Government (i.e. prime minister). [1] He also remained Minister for Finance of Arthur Griffith's republican administration.

After Collins and Griffith's deaths in August 1922, W. T. Cosgrave became both Chairman of the Provisional Government and President of Dáil Éireann, and the distinction between the two became increasingly confused and irrelevant until the creation of the Irish Free State in December 1922.

Office holders

No.NamePictureTerm of officeParty
1 Michael Collins Michael Collins 1921.jpg 16 January 192222 August 1922 Sinn Féin
(Pro-Treaty faction)
2 W. T. Cosgrave WTCosgrave2.jpg 22 August 19226 December 1922 Sinn Féin
(Pro-Treaty faction)
Position replaced by President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State in December 1922

See also

References

  1. ↑ Post, Irish. "Today marks the 100th anniversary of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins' assassination". The Irish Post.


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