Government of the 24th Dáil

19th government of Ireland
19th government of Ireland
Government of Ireland
Date formed	14 December 1982
Date dissolved	10 March 1987
People and organisations
President	Patrick Hillery
Taoiseach	Garret FitzGerald
Tánaiste	Dick Spring (1982–1987); Peter Barry (1987);
Total no. of members	15
Member parties	Fine Gael; Labour Party (Dec. 1982–Jan. 1987);
Status in legislature	Majority Coalition
Opposition party	Fianna Fáil
Opposition leader	Charles Haughey
History
Election(s)	November 1982 general election
Legislature term(s)	24th Dáil; 17th Seanad;
Predecessor	18th government
Successor	20th government

The 19th government of Ireland (14 December 1982 – 10 March 1987) was the government of Ireland formed after the November 1982 general election to the 24th Dáil. It was a coalition government of Fine Gael and the Labour Party led by Garret FitzGerald as Taoiseach and lasted for 1,548 days.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.