Fianna Fáil
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Fianna Fáil
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| Leader | Micheál Martin TD |
| General Secretary | Seán Dorgan |
| Chairman | Brendan Smith TD |
| Founder | Éamon de Valera |
| Founded | 23 March 1926 |
| Split from | Sinn Féin |
| Headquarters | 65–66 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2, Ireland |
| Youth wing | Ógra Fianna Fáil |
| Membership (2016) | 20,000 |
| Ideology |
Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| International affiliation | Liberal International (observer) |
| European Parliament group | European Conservatives and Reformists |
| Colours | Green |
| Dáil Éireann |
44 / 158
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| Seanad Éireann |
14 / 60
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| Northern Ireland Assembly |
0 / 108
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| European Parliament |
1 / 11
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| Local government in the Republic of Ireland |
262 / 949
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| Local government in Northern Ireland |
0 / 452
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Fianna Fáil (or Soldiers of Destiny in English) /fᵻˌænə ˈfɔɪl/, (Irish pronunciation: [ˈfʲiən̪ˠə ˈfˠɑːlʲ]) also known as Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (Irish: Fianna Fáil - An Páirtí Poblachtach), is a conservativepolitical party based in the Republic of Ireland. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more literal rendition would be Warriors of Fál ("Fál" being a metonym or figurative name for Ireland).
The party was founded as an Irish republican party on 23 March 1926 after a split in Sinn Féin on the issue of abstentionism.
Historically, Fianna Fáil has been seen as being one of Ireland's two centre-right parties, along with Fine Gael, and is seen as being to the right of Sinn Féin and the Labour Party. It is generally seen as a "catch all" populist party, representing a broad range of people from all social classes. Fianna Fáil suffered an enormous drop in support in the 2011 general election after an unpopular Fianna Fáil government's handling of an economic crisis was perceived to have landed the country in recession. However, the party more than doubled its number of seats at the 2016 election, and agreed to support a Fine Gael-led minority government in a confidence and supply arrangement. Fianna Fáil has led coalition governments that included parties of the centre-left (Labour and the Green Party) and of the centre-right (the now-defunct Progressive Democrats). It has been led by Micheál Martin since January 2011.
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