Eamon de Valera2 September 1939
Leads the government as Ireland declares a national emergency at the outbreak of the Second World War.
Ireland · Government / Government of Ireland. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Leads the government as Ireland declares a national emergency at the outbreak of the Second World War.
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