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which was put in place after the approval of the
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in January 1922. Both these cabinets ceased to operate from December 1922, on the coming into being of the
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Types of government since 1919


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, established under the
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. The Executive has been in operation, intermittently, since 1999, and is current operational. Since 1921,
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has been governed by two other devolved cabinets: Executive Committee of the Privy Council from 1921 to 1972 and the
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of 1974. Northern Ireland has also been governed by
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from 1972 to 1974, 1974–98 and 2002–07.


Types of government since 1921


Direct rule

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, established initially by the
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and later
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.


Cabinets since 1921

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See also

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Irish heads of government since 1919 Ireland The head of government, or prime minister, of Ireland is known as the Taoiseach and heads a cabinet called the Government. However, since 1919, heads of government in the Irish state have borne a number of titles. Under the short-lived Ir ...
* Dáil election results *
Dáil vote for Taoiseach The Taoiseach is the head of the Government of Ireland. Under Article 13 of the Constitution of Ireland, the Taoiseach is appointed by the President of Ireland on the nomination of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas. The Taoiseach m ...
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Elections in the Republic of Ireland In Ireland, direct elections by universal suffrage are used for the President, the ceremonial head of state; for Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas or parliament; for the European Parliament; and for local governmen ...
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History of the Republic of Ireland The Irish state came into being in 1919 as the 32 county Irish Republic. In 1922, having seceded from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, it became the Irish Free State. It comprised 32 counties until ...
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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 bei ...
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Elections in Northern Ireland An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...
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Politics of Northern Ireland Since 1998, Northern Ireland has devolved government within the United Kingdom. The government and Parliament of the United Kingdom are responsible for reserved and excepted matters. Reserved matters are a list of policy areas (such as civil av ...
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Northern Ireland Assembly sco-ulster, Norlin Airlan Assemblie , legislature = 7th Northern Ireland Assembly, Seventh Assembly , coa_pic = File:NI_Assembly.svg , coa_res = 250px , house_type = Unicameralism, Unicameral , hou ...
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Parliament of Northern Ireland The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended because of its inability to restore ord ...


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Government of Ireland – History of Government
{{Governments of Northern Ireland Political history of Ireland