Government of the 25th Dáil

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Govt of the 23rd Dáil	(1982)
Govt of the 24th Dáil	(1982)
Govt of the 25th Dáil	(1987)
Govt of the 26th Dáil	(1989)
Govt of the 27th Dáil	(1992)

The 25th Dáil was elected at the 1987 general election on February 17, 1987 and first met on March 10 when the 20th Government of Ireland was appointed. The 25th Dáil lasted 849 days.

[edit] 20th Government of Ireland

The 20th Government of Ireland (10 March 1987–12 July 1989) was formed by the Fianna Fáil party. It was a minority government which had the qualified support^[1] of Fine Gael, the main opposition party.

Office	Name	Term
An Taoiseach	Charles Haughey	1987–1989
An Tánaiste	Brian Lenihan	1987–1989
Minister for Agriculture & Food	Michael O'Kennedy^[2]	1987–1989
Minister for Communications	John Wilson	1987
Minister for Communications	Ray Burke	1987–1989
Minister for Defence	Michael J. Noonan	1987–1989
Minister for Education	Mary O'Rourke	1987–1989
Minister for Energy	Ray Burke	1987–1988
Minister for Energy	Michael Smith	1988–1989
Minister for the Environment	Pádraig Flynn	1987–1989
Minister for Finance	Ray MacSharry	1987–1988
Minister for Finance	Albert Reynolds	1988–1989
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Brian Lenihan	1987–1989
Minister for the Gaeltacht	Charles Haughey	1987–1989
Minister for Health	Rory O'Hanlon	1987–1989
Minister for Industry & Commerce	Albert Reynolds	1987–1988
Minister for Industry & Commerce	Ray Burke	1988–1989
Minister for Justice	Gerard Collins	1987–1989
Minister for Labour	Bertie Ahern	1987–1989
Minister for the Marine	Brendan Daly	1987–1989
Minister for the Public Service	Ray MacSharry	1987
Minister for Social Welfare	Michael Woods	1987–1989
Minister for Tourism & Transport	Ray MacSharry	1987
Minister for Tourism & Transport	John Wilson	1987–1989

The government positions are listed in alphabetical order, rather than in terms of seniority.

[edit] Footnotes

^ This was known as the Tallaght Strategy.
^ Michael O'Kennedy was Minister for Agriculture from 10 March 1987–31 March 1987. The department was then renamed as the Department of Agriculture & Food.

[edit] See also

Governments of Ireland Rialtais na hÉireann
Govt of the 1st Dáil (1918–21) \| Govt of the 2nd Dáil (1921–22) \| Govt of the 3rd Dáil (1922–23) \| Govt of the 4th Dáil (1923–27) \| Govt of the 5th Dáil (1927) \| Govt of the 6th Dáil (1927–33) \| Govt of the 7th Dáil (1932–33) \| Govt of the 8th Dáil (1933–37) \| Govt of the 9th Dáil (1937–38) \| Govt of the 10th Dáil (1938–43) \| Govt of the 11th Dáil (1943–44) \| Govt of the 12th Dáil (1944–48) \| Govt of the 13th Dáil (1948–51) \| Govt of the 14th Dáil (1951–54) \| Govt of the 15th Dáil (1954–57) \| Govt of the 16th Dáil (1957–61) \| Govt of the 17th Dáil (1961–65) \| Govt of the 18th Dáil (1965–69) \| Govt of the 19th Dáil (1969–73) \| Govt of the 20th Dáil (1973–77) \| Govt of the 21st Dáil (1977–81) \| Govt of the 22nd Dáil (1981–82) \| Govt of the 23rd Dáil (1982) \| Govt of the 24th Dáil (1982–87) \| Govt of the 25th Dáil (1987–89) \| Govt of the 26th Dáil (1989–92) \| Govt of the 27th Dáil (1992–97) \| Govt of the 28th Dáil (1997–2002) \| Govt of the 29th Dáil (2002–)