President of Sinn Féin
| President of Sinn Féin | |
|---|---|
| Inaugural holder | Edward Martyn |
| Formation | 28 November 1905 |
| Website | Mary Lou McDonald TD |
The president of Sinn Féin (Irish: Uachtarán Shinn Féin) is the most senior politician within the Sinn Féin political party in Ireland.
Since 10 February 2018, the office has been held by Mary Lou McDonald.[1]
Presidents
1905–1926
| No. | Name (Birth–death) |
Portrait | Term of office | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edward Martyn (1859–1923) |
1905 | 1908[2] | ||
| 2 | John Sweetman (1844–1936) |
1908 | 1911[2] | ||
| 3 | Arthur Griffith (1872–1922) |
1911 | 1917[2] | President of Dáil Éireann (1922) | |
| 4 | Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) |
1917 | 1926[3] | President of Dáil Éireann/President of the Irish Republic (1919–1922) | |
1926–present
| No. | Name (Birth–death) |
Portrait | Term of office | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | John J. O'Kelly (1872–1957) |
1926 | 1931 | ||
| 6 | Brian O'Higgins (1882–1963) |
1931 | 1933 | ||
| 7 | Fr. Michael O'Flanagan (1876–1942) |
1933 | 1935 | ||
| 8 | Cathal Ó Murchadha (1880–1958) |
1935 | 1937 | ||
| 9 | Margaret Buckley (1879–1962) |
1937 | 1950 | First female leader of an Irish political party | |
| 10 | Paddy McLogan (1899–1964) |
1950 | 1952 | ||
| 11 | Tomás Ó Dubhghaill (1917–1962) |
1952 | 1954 | ||
| (10) | Paddy McLogan (1899–1964) |
1954 | 1962 | ||
| 12 | Tomás Mac Giolla (1924–2010) |
1962 | 1970 | Leader of Official Sinn Féin (later the Workers' Party) (1970–1988) | |
| 13 | Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (1932–2013) |
1970 | 1983 | Leader of Republican Sinn Féin (1986–2009) | |
| 14 | Gerry Adams (born 1948) |
1983 | 2018 | ||
| 15 | Mary Lou McDonald (born 1969) |
2018 | Incumbent | First female Leader of the Opposition | |
References
- ↑ "Remembering the Past: Gerry Adams elected president of Sinn Féin". An Phoblacht. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Davis, Richard (1974). Arthur Griffith and Non-Violent Sinn Fein. Dublin: Anvil Books. pp. 173–6. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ↑ Laffan (1999), pp. 117, 441