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List of presidents of Ireland

The functions of the president were exercised by the Presidential Commission from the coming into force of the Constitution on 29 December 1937 until the election of Douglas Hyde in 1938, and during the vacancies of 1974, 1976, and 1997.

A person can only serve as President for two four-year terms.

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Previous service	Term of office		Nominated by		Election
1		Éamon de Valera (1882–1975)	Senator (1922–1925, 1938)	25 June 1938	25 June 1946		Fianna Fáil	1938
1		Éamon de Valera (1882–1975)	Senator (1922–1925, 1938)	25 June 1938	25 June 1946	2		1938	Seán T. O'Kelly (1882–1966)	Tánaiste (1932–1945)	25 June 1945	24 June 1959	Fianna Fáil	1945
	Himself	1952				2			Seán T. O'Kelly (1882–1966)	Tánaiste (1932–1945)	25 June 1945	24 June 1959
3		Éamon de Valera (1882–1975)	N/A	25 June 1959	24 June 1973		Fianna Fáil	1959
3		Éamon de Valera (1882–1975)	N/A	25 June 1959	24 June 1973		Fianna Fáil	1966
4		Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905–1974)	Tánaiste (1969–1973)	25 June 1973	17 November 1974		Fianna Fáil	1973
5		Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh^[1] (1911–1978)	Chief Justice of Ireland (1961–1973)	19 December 1974	22 October 1976		All-party nomination	1974
6		Patrick Hillery (1923–2008)	European Commissioner for Social Affairs (1973–1976)	3 December 1976	2 December 1990		Fianna Fáil	1976
6		Patrick Hillery (1923–2008)	European Commissioner for Social Affairs (1973–1976)	3 December 1976	2 December 1990		Fianna Fáil	1983
7		Mary Robinson (born 1944)	Senator (1969–1989)	3 December 1990	12 September 1997		Labour Party	1990
							Workers' Party
							Independent
8		Mary McAleese (born 1951)	Reid Professor of Criminal law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin	11 November 1997	10 November 2011		Fianna Fáil	1997
							Progressive Democrats	1997
							Herself	2004
9		Michael D. Higgins (born 1941)	Minister for Arts, Culture and Gaeltacht (1993–1997)	11 November 2011	Incumbent		Labour Party	2011
9		Michael D. Higgins (born 1941)	Minister for Arts, Culture and Gaeltacht (1993–1997)	11 November 2011	Incumbent		Himself	2018

Former presidents who are able and willing to act are members of the Council of State.^[2]

Statistics

Douglas Hyde was the oldest president to enter office, aged 78.
Éamon de Valera was the oldest president to leave office, aged 90.
Mary McAleese was the youngest president to enter office, aged 46.
Mary Robinson was the youngest president to leave office, aged 53, and the first woman to serve as president.
Erskine Childers, who died in office, had the shortest presidency of 511 days.
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, who resigned, served for 674 days.
Four presidents have served for two terms, or fourteen years in total: Seán T. O'Kelly, Éamon de Valera, Patrick Hillery, and Mary McAleese.

^ His name is sometimes given in the alternative spelling of Carroll O'Daly. Harris M. Lentz, Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 (2014, ISBN 1134264909), p. 421
^ Constitution of Ireland: Article 31.2(ii)

[1] His name is sometimes given in the alternative spelling of Carroll O'Daly. Harris M. Lentz, Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 (2014, ISBN 1134264909), p. 421

[2] Constitution of Ireland: Article 31.2(ii)

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