Leader of the Labour Party | |
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Inaugural holder | James Connolly (de facto) Thomas Johnson (de jure) |
Formation | 1912 (de facto) 1917 (de jure) |
Website | Ivana Bacik, TD |
The Leader of the Labour Party is the most senior politician within the Labour Party in Ireland. Since 24 March 2022, the office has been held by Ivana Bacik, [1] following the resignation of Alan Kelly as leader of the party.
In a review of procedures at the party's 2017 conference, the position of Deputy leader was abolished after a year of lying vacant, and the nomination and seconding of new leadership candidates was extended to Senators and MEPs as well as TDs. [2]
Name (Birth–Death) | Portrait | Constituency | Term of Office | Office(s) held | ||
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James Tully | ![]() | Meath | 1972 | 1 July 1977 | Minister for Local Government | |
Michael O'Leary | ![]() | Dublin North-Central | 1 July 1977 | 17 June 1981 | ||
James Tully | ![]() | Meath | 17 June 1981 | 22 February 1982 | Minister for Defence | |
Barry Desmond | ![]() | Dún Laoghaire | 22 February 1982 | July 1989 | Minister for Social Welfare Minister for Health | |
Ruairi Quinn | ![]() | Dublin South-East | July 1989 | 13 November 1997 | Minister for Enterprise and Employment Minister for Finance | |
Brendan Howlin | ![]() | Wexford | 13 November 1997 | 25 October 2002 | ||
Liz McManus | ![]() | Wicklow | 25 October 2002 | 4 October 2007 | ||
Joan Burton | ![]() | Dublin West | 4 October 2007 | 4 July 2014 | Minister for Social Protection | |
Alan Kelly | ![]() | Tipperary North | 4 July 2014 | 20 May 2016 | Minister of State for Public and Commuter Transport Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government | |
Position vacant | 20 May 2016 | |||||
Position abolished | April 2017 |