List of Presidents of Ireland
The functions of the President were exercised by the Presidential Commission from the coming into force of the Constitution on 29 December 1937 until the election of Douglas Hyde in 1938, and during the vacancies of 1974, 1976, and 1997.
| No. | Name | Picture | Entered Office | Left Office | Nominated by | Election | |
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| 1. | Douglas Hyde | 25 June 1938 | 24 June 1945 | All-party nomination | 1938 | ||
| 2. | Seán T. O'Kelly | 25 June 1945 | 24 June 1959 | Fianna Fáil Himself |
1945 1952 |
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| 3. | Éamon de Valera | 25 June 1959 | 24 June 1973 | Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil |
1959 1966 |
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| 4. | Erskine H. Childers | 25 June 1973 | 17 November 1974 | Fianna Fáil | 1973 | ||
| 5. | Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh | 19 December 1974 | 22 October 1976 | All-party nomination | 1974 | ||
| 6. | Patrick Hillery | 3 December 1976 | 2 December 1990 | Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil |
1976 1983 |
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| 7. | Mary Robinson | 3 December 1990 | 12 September 1997 | Labour Party Workers' Party Independents |
1990 | ||
| 8. | Mary McAleese | 11 November 1997 | 10 November 2011 | Fianna Fáil Herself |
1997 2004 |
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| 9. | Michael D. Higgins | 11 November 2011 | Incumbent | Labour Party | 2011 | ||
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