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Former Secretaries General


Secretaries of the Department of Finance

Name Start Finish
William O'Brien 01/02/1922 21/02/1923
Joseph Brennan 22/02/1923 20/09/1927
James J McEligott 21/09/1927 31/03/1953
Owen Joseph Redmond 01/04/1953 29/05/1956
Thomas Kenneth (TK) Whitaker 30/05/1956 28/02/1969
Charles Henry (CH) Murray 01/03/1969 29/02/1976
M N O Murchú 01/03/1976 17/10/1977
Tomás F. Ó Cofaigh 18/10/1977 31/10/1981
Maurice F. Doyle 01/11/1981 30/04/1987
Sean P. Cromien 01/05/1987 12/06/1994
Paddy Mullarkey 13/06/1994 01/09/1997

Secretaries General of the Department of Finance

Name Start Finish
Paddy Mullarkey 02/09/1997 09/03/2000
John Hurley 10/03/2000 10/03/2002
Tom Considine 11/03/2002 30/06/2006
David Doyle 01/07/2006 31/01/2010
Kevin Cardiff 01/02/2010 02/02/2012
John Moran 06/03/2012 14/07/2014
Derek Moran 14/07/2014 14/07/2021
John Hogan 08/06/2021

Secretaries For Public Service Management & Development

Name Start Finish
Kevin Murphy 01/05/1987 31/10/1994
John Hurley 01/11/1994 01/09/1997

Secretaries General For Public Service Management & Development

Name Start Finish
John Hurley 02/09/1997 09/03/2000
Tom Considine 28/03/2000 11/03/2002
Eddie Sullivan 01/05/2002 31/12/2007
Ciaran Connolly 01/01/2008 27/05/2011

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