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Government of the 3rd Dáil

Government of the 3rd Dáil 2nd Provisional Government 5th Ministry
Date formed	30 August 1922
Date dissolved	6 December 1922
People and organisations
Head of state	George V
Head of government	W. T. Cosgrave
Total no. of members	11
Member parties	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Status in legislature	Minority Government
History
Election	1922 general election
Legislature term	3rd Dáil
Predecessor	1st Provisional Government
Successor	1st Executive Council

The 2nd Provisional Government (30 August 1922 – 6 December 1922) was formed by W. T. Cosgrave, who had been appointed as Chairman of the Provisional Government on 25 August 1922, after the death of Michael Collins on 22 August.

The Third Dáil first met on 9 September 1922. W. T. Cosgrave was elected as President of the Dáil and formed a new Ministry of Dáil Éireann, comprised of Pro-Treaty members of Sinn Féin. With these appointments, the dual cabinets which had existed from January 1922 came to an end. Arthur Griffith had served as President of the Dáil in the 4th Ministry from 10 January and Michael Collins had served as Chairman of the Provisional Government in the 1st Provisional Government from 16 January. After the deaths of both Collins and Griffith in August 1922, Cosgrave now served in both positions, with the membership of the Provisional Government and the Ministry being identical. The new cabinet was therefore both the 2nd Provisional Government and the 5th Ministry, while Cosgrave was both Chairman of the Provisional Government and President of Dáil Éireann. Both cabinets were abolished when the new Constitution of the Irish Free State came into force on 6 December 1922.

1st Executive Council of the Irish Free State

Government of the 3rd Dáil
1st Executive Council of the Irish Free State
Date formed	6 December 1922
Date dissolved	19 September 1923
People and organisations
Head of state	George V
Governor-General	Tim Healy
Head of government	W. T. Cosgrave
Deputy head of government	Kevin O'Higgins
Total no. of members	10(inc. 3 non-members of the Executive Council)
Member parties	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) (Dec. 1922 – April 1923) Cumann na nGaedheal (April–Sep. 1923)
Status in legislature	Minority Government
Opposition leader	Thomas Johnson (Labour Party)
History
Legislature term	3rd Dáil
Predecessor	2nd Provisional Government
Successor	2nd Executive Council

The 1st Executive Council of the Irish Free State (6 December 1922 – 19 September 1923) was formed by Pro-Treaty faction of Sinn Féin, which later became Cumann na nGaedheal. On 6 December 1922, the Constitution of the Irish Free State came into force and William T. Cosgrave was elected by the Dáil as President of the Executive Council.^[12]

The President nominated the members of the Executive Council on 6 December.^[13]

Ministers not members of the Executive Council

The following Ministers were proposed by a committee of the Dáil on 14 December 1922.^[14]

See also

• Members of the 3rd Dáil
• Parliamentary Secretaries of the 3rd Dáil
• Dáil Éireann
• Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)
• Government of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland

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