Executive Council of the Irish Free State

The Executive Council (Irish: Ard-Chomhairle) was the cabinet and de facto executive branch of government of the 1922-1937 Irish Free State. Formally, the role of the Executive Council was to "aid and advise" the Governor-General who would exercise the executive authority on behalf of the King. In practice, however, it was the Council that governed. The Executive Council included a prime minister called the President of the Executive Council and a deputy prime minister called the Vice-President.

Related Topics:
Irish - Cabinet - Executive - 1922 - 1937 - Irish Free State - Governor-General - King - President of the Executive Council - Vice-President

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The President of the Executive was appointed by the Governor-General after being nominated by Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament), and the remaining cabinet ministers were nominated by the President. The Executive Council could also be removed by a vote of no confidence in the Dáil.

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Dáil Éireann - Oireachtas - Vote of no confidence

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