President of Ireland

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The President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. It is mostly ceremonial and elections are held every seven years, a person can be elected for up to two terms. The current President of Ireland is Mary McAleese.

Presidents of Ireland

Nr	English Name	Irish Name	Born	Died	Term Started	Term Ended
	Presidential Commission[1]	Coimisiún Uachtarán			December 1937	24 June 1938
1	Douglas Hyde	Dubhghlas de hÍde[2]	17 January 1860	12 July 1949	25 June 1938	24 June 1945.
2	Seán T. O'Kelly	Seán Tomás Ó Ceallaigh[2]	25 August, 1882	23 November 1966	25 June 1945	24 June 1959
3	Éamon de Valera[3]	Éamonn de Bhailéara	14 October 1882	29 August 1975	25 June 1959	24 June 1973
4	Erskine Childers[4]	Erskine Childers	11 December 1905	17 November 1974	25 June 1973	17 November 1974[5]
	Presidential Commission[1]	Coimisiún Uachtarán			18 November 1974	18 December 1974
5	Carrol Daly	Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh[2]	12 February 1911	21 March 1978	19 December 1974	22 October 1976[6]
	Presidential Commission[1]	Coimisiún Uachtarán			23 October 1976	2 December 1976
6	Patrick Hillery	Pádraig Seán Ó hIrighile	2 May 1923		3 December 1976	2 December 1990
7	Mary Robinson	Máire Mhic Róibín	21 May 1944		3 December 1990	12 September 1997[6]
	Presidential Commission[1]	Coimisiún Uachtarán			13 September 1997	10 November 1997
8	Mary McAleese[7]	Máire Mhic Ghiolla Íosa	27 June 1951		11 November 1997

[change] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Presidential Commission has three members; the Chief Justice, an Ceann Comhairle, and an Cathaoirleach
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Preferred to use the Irish spelling of his name
3. ↑ Born as Edward George de Valera
4. ↑ Son of Robert Erskine Childers, author, who was executed by the government during the Civil War
5. ↑ Died in office
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Resigned
7. ↑ The first President born in Northern Ireland