The Tánaiste (Irish pronunciation: [ˈt̪ˠaːnəʃtʲə]) is the second-most senior officer in the Government of Ireland, and acts as a deputy prime minister. The Tánaiste is appointed by the President of Ireland on the advice of the Taoiseach. The current office holder is the leader of the Labour Party, Eamon Gilmore TD who was appointed on 9 March 2011.
Tánaiste was originally the Irish word for the heir of the chief (taoiseach) or king (rí), under th...
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The Tánaiste (Irish pronunciation: [ˈt̪ˠaːnəʃtʲə]) is the second-most senior officer in the Government of Ireland, and acts as a deputy prime minister. The Tánaiste is appointed by the President of Ireland on the advice of the Taoiseach. The current office holder is the leader of the Labour Party, Eamon Gilmore TD who was appointed on 9 March 2011.
Tánaiste was originally the Irish word for the heir of the chief (taoiseach) or king (rí), under the Gaelic system of tanistry. Before independence, the British Viceroy was sometimes referred to in the Irish language as An Tánaiste-Rí, literally 'the deputy king'.
The office was created in the 1937 Constitution of Ireland, replacing the previous office of Vice-President of the Executive Council that had existed under the Free State constitution.
The Taoiseach nominates a member of Dáil Éireann, who will also be a member of the government, to the office. The nominee then receives his seal of office from the President of Ireland in...
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