The Government of the 7th Dáil or the 6th Executive Council (9 March 1932 – 8 February 1933) was formed after the 1932 general election held on 16 February. It was led by Fianna Fáil leader

Éamon de Valera Éamon de Valera (, ; first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was a prominent Irish statesman and political leader. He served several terms as head of govern ...

as President of the Executive Council, taking office after ten years of government led by

W. T. Cosgrave William Thomas Cosgrave (5 June 1880 – 16 November 1965) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as the president of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932, leader of the Opposition in both the Free State and Ir ...

Cumann na nGaedheal Cumann na nGaedheal (; "Society of the Gaels") was a political party in the Irish Free State, which formed the government from 1923 to 1932. In 1933 it merged with smaller groups to form the Fine Gael party. Origins In 1922 the pro-Treaty ...

. De Valera had previously served as

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, or President of the Republic, from April 1919 to January 1922 during the revolutionary period of the

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. The 6th Executive Council lasted for days.

6th Executive Council of the Irish Free State

Nomination of President of the Executive Council

The

7th Dáil 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, ...

first met on 9 March 1932. In the debate on the nomination of the President of the Executive Council, Fianna Fáil leader Éamon de Valera was proposed, and the motion was approved by 81 votes to 68. The Labour Party supported the nomination of de Valera and the formation of the executive council, but did not form part of the government. He was then appointed as President by Governor-General

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Members of the Executive Council

The members of the Executive Council were proposed by the President and approved by the Dáil. They were then appointed by the Governor-General.

Parliamentary Secretaries

On 10 March 1932, the Executive Council appointed Parliamentary Secretaries on the nomination of the President.

Constitution of the Irish Free State The Constitution of the Irish Free State ( ga, Bunreacht Shaorstát Eireann) was adopted by Act of Dáil Éireann sitting as a constituent assembly on 25 October 1922. In accordance with Article 83 of the Constitution,Politics of the Republic of Ireland Ireland is a parliamentary, representative democratic republic and a member state of the European Union. While the head of state is the popularly elected President of Ireland, it is a largely ceremonial position, with real political power bein ...

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