Leader of Fianna Fáil

Leader of Fianna Fáil
Incumbent Micheál Martin since 26 January 2011
Inaugural holder	Éamon de Valera
Formation	23 March 1926
Website	Micheál Martin, TD

The Leader of Fianna Fáil is the most senior politician within the Fianna Fáil political party in Ireland. Since 26 January 2011, the office has been held by Micheál Martin.

Leaders

No.		Name	Portrait	Constituency	Term of Office		Taoiseach
	1	Éamon de Valera		Clare	23 March 1926	23 June 1959		W. T. Cosgrave (1922–32)
								Éamon de Valera (1932–48)
								John A. Costello (1948–51)
								Éamon de Valera (1951–54)
								John A. Costello (1954–57)
								Éamon de Valera (1957–59)
	2	Seán Lemass		Dublin South-Central	23 June 1959 (leadership election)	10 November 1966		Seán Lemass (1959–66)
	3	Jack Lynch		Cork Borough (1948–69) Cork City North-West (1969–77) Cork City (1977–81)	10 November 1966 (leadership election)	7 December 1979		Jack Lynch (1966–73)
								Liam Cosgrave (1973–77)
								Jack Lynch (1977–79)
	4	Charles Haughey		Dublin North-East (1957–77) Dublin Artane (1977–81) Dublin North-Central (1981–92)	7 December 1979 (leadership election)	6 February 1992		Charles Haughey (1979–81)
								Garret FitzGerald (1981–82)
								Charles Haughey (1982)
								Garret FitzGerald (1982–87)
								Charles Haughey (1987–92)
	5	Albert Reynolds		Longford–Westmeath	6 February 1992 (leadership election)	19 December 1994		Albert Reynolds (1992–94)
	6	Bertie Ahern		Dublin Central	19 December 1994 (leadership election)	7 May 2008		John Bruton (1994–97)
								Bertie Ahern (1997–2008)
	7	Brian Cowen		Laois–Offaly	7 May 2008 (leadership election)	22 January 2011		Brian Cowen (2008–11)
	8	Micheál Martin		Cork South-Central	26 January 2011 (leadership election)	Incumbent
								Enda Kenny (2011–2017)
								Leo Varadkar (2017–2020)
								Micheál Martin (2020–2022)
								Leo Varadkar (2022–present)