Douglas Hyde, he was inaugurated in June 1938.
Douglas Hyde was the first president of Ireland. He was elected in 1938.
He was inaugurated as the first President of Ireland on 25 June 1938.
Ireland is a republic, as it has a president and it is a democracy as the leaders of Ireland, including the president, are elected.
The term of the President of Ireland lasts for 7 years and can be elected up to two times.
Douglas Hyde was the first President of Ireland, but he was not from Northern Ireland. The first President of Ireland from Northern Ireland was Mary McAleese, who was the eight President of Ireland and the second woman to hold the position.
A republic is where power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a king or queen. That is the case in Ireland, as it has democratically elected representatives and has a president as the head of state. So Ireland is a republic. In order to distinguish it from Northern Ireland, it is often referred to as the Republic of Ireland, though that is not an official name.
Michael D. Higgins is the current President of Ireland, having been elected in 2011. That last male President of Ireland before him was Patrick Hillery who was President of Ireland from 1976 until 1990.
Mary McAleese was elected President of Ireland on 30th October 1997 gaining 45% of the vote. After her first term, McAleese was returned unopposed for a second term.
Barack Obama was the first Black president elected.
Ireland did not have its first president until 1938, so there was no president of Ireland in 1865.
Barak Obama was first elected as President of the United states in 2008 and was re-elected as president in 2012
Cleveland was elected for his first term in 1884.