Desmond FitzGerald (13 February 1888 – 9 April 1947) was an Irish revolutionary, poet, publicist and Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Defence from 1927 to 1932, Minister for External Affairs from 1922 to 1927, Minister for Publicity from 1921 to 1922 and Director of Publicity from 1919 to 1921. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1937. He was a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 1938 to 1943.
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| Department of External Affairs | 1924-06-02 | 1927-06-23 | Minister | Cumann na nGaedhael | Election Reshuffle | http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/ | 5 |
| Department of Defence | 1927-06-23 | 1932-03-09 | Minister | Cumann na nGaedhael | Election New Goverment | http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/ | 5 |
| Ministry of External Affairs | 1922-08-30 | 1924-06-02 | Minister | Cumann na nGaedheal. Department replaced by Department of External Affairs under the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16 of 1924). Minister continued in office thereafter | Midterm Reshuffle | Chubb 1970 | 4 |
| Ministry for Publicity | 1922-01-11 | 1922-09-09 | Minister | Ministry seemingly discontinued from September 1922 | Election Reshuffle | Chubb 1970; https://www.gov.ie/ga/foilsiuchan/99eec5-second-dail/ | 3 |