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Fianna Fáil
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Irish political party
Key facts
- Leader
- Micheál Martin
- Deputy leader
- Jack Chambers
- General secretary
- Seán Dorgan
- Chairperson
- Brendan Smith
- Seanad leader
- Fiona O'Loughlin
- Founder
- Éamon de Valera
- Founded
- 16 May 1926 ; 100 years ago ( 1926-05-16 )
- Split from
- Sinn Féin
- Headquarters
- 65–66 Mount Street Lower , Dublin , Ireland
- Youth wing
- Ógra Fianna Fáil
- Lgbt wing
- Fianna Fáil LGBTQI+ Network
- Membership 2024
- 15,000
- Ideology
- Conservatism Christian democracy Irish republicanism
- Political position
- Centre to centre-right
- European affiliation
- Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
- European parliament group
- Renew Europe
- International affiliation
- Liberal International
- Colours
- Green
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- political party
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Founded by
- Éamon de Valera
- Headquarters
- Dublin
- Chairperson
- Micheál Martin
- Official website
- www.fiannafail.ie
- Image
- Fianna Fáil logo.png
- Political ideology
- Irish republicanism
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- number of seats in assembly
- 4
- social media followers
- 50906
- member of
- Union for Europe of the Nations
- Commons category
- Fianna Fáil
- topic's main category
- Category:Fianna Fáil
- inception
- 1926-05-00
- applies to jurisdiction
- Republic of Ireland
- member count
- 21600
- political alignment
- centre-right
- native label
- Fianna Fáil
- short name
- FF
- sRGB color hex triplet
- 66BB66
- member category
- Category:Fianna Fáil politicians
- location of formation
- Dublin
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Encyclopedic overview
Fianna Fáil (/ˌfiː(ə)nə ˈfɔɪl, -ˈfɔːl/ ; Irish: [ˌfʲiən̪ˠə ˈfˠaːlʲ]; meaning "Soldiers of Destiny" or "Warriors of Fál"), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Irish: Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a centre to centre-right and conservative political party in Ireland.
Fianna Fáil was founded as a republican party in 1926 by Éamon de Valera and his supporters after they split from Sinn Féin in order to take seats in the Oireachtas, which Sinn Féin refused to recognise. Since 1927, Fianna Fáil has been one of Ireland's two major parties, along with Fine Gael since 1933; both are seen as centre-right parties, to the right of the Labour Party and Sinn Féin. The party dominated Irish political life for most of the 20th century, and, since its foundation, either it or Fine Gael has led every government. Between 1932 and 2011, it was the largest party in Dáil Éireann, but latterly with a decline in its vote share; from 1989 onwards, its periods of government were in coalition with parties of either the left or the right.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fianna Fáil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.