Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ireland)

Minister for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Micheál Martin
since 17 December 2022
Department of Foreign Affairs
Member of
Reports toTaoiseach
SeatIveagh House, Dublin, Ireland
AppointerPresident of Ireland on the nomination of the Taoiseach
Inaugural holderGeorge Noble Plunkett
Formation22 January 1919
WebsiteDepartment of Foreign Affairs

The Minister for Foreign Affairs (Irish: An tAire Gnóthaí Eachtracha) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Foreign Affairs.

The Minister's office is located at Iveagh House, on St Stephen's Green in Dublin; "Iveagh House" is often used as a metonym for the department as a whole. From 1922 until 1971 the title of the office was "Minister for External Affairs".

The current office holder is Micheál Martin, TD. He is also Minister for Defence.

He is assisted by:

  1. ^ "List of Ministers and Ministers of State", Government of Ireland, archived from the original on 7 August 2020, retrieved 31 July 2020
  2. ^ "Our Ministers". Department of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

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