The leader of the Irish Defeat Party was re-elected after chaos in the Irish parliament subsided.

Michael Martin is elected Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland for the second time.

Lawmakers voted 95 to 76 on Thursday to support Fianna Fail’s leadership nomination.

Martin will lead a coalition government made up of the two largest center-right parties as well as independent lawmakers.

His nomination was delayed by a day on Wednesday as preliminary votes to elect him were thrown into chaos as parliament was suspended. opposition protest A voice for independent lawmakers who support the upcoming coalition. The voice deadlock was broken in overnight negotiations.

The alliance is the second consecutive coalition between historic rivals Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, the two parties that have led successive governments since 1937. Meanwhile, independent ministers will replace the Green Party, the coalition’s junior partner, which lost most of its seats in 2017. final November election.

Martin, 64, served as prime minister from 2020 to 2022 before handing over the post to Fine Gael for the second half of his term. Under the coalition agreement, outgoing Prime Minister Simon Harris will return as Prime Minister in 2027.

Currently, Harris will succeed Martin as deputy prime minister and may also take over as foreign minister. On the other hand, Pascal Donohue, chairman of Fine Gael’s euro zone finance ministers group, is expected to return as finance minister.

Ireland braces for economic fallout from COVID-19 return U.S. President Donald Trump has pledged to cut corporate taxes, posing a potential threat to the country’s economy focused on foreign multinationals.

“For us, the task today is to protect Ireland’s strength at a time of real threat while meeting critical social needs. By any reasonable standard, this is a challenging moment in world history.” Elected Later, an emotional Martin told parliament.

He said that at the heart of protecting and renewing Ireland’s economic model was strengthening “three important relationships” with Europe, the United States and the United Kingdom.

“We are not naive about the reality of change (in the United States), but equally, Ireland’s relationship with the United States is good for both of us and will emerge strongly regardless.”

The alliance pledges to use tax windfalls from a cluster of US multinationals to continue increasing public sector investment and cutting taxes, while establishing an Irish sovereign wealth fund.

Martin, who was first elected to parliament 36 years ago, was a senior member of Fianna Fail’s government, which signed a EU and IMF bailouts Shortly after taking over as leader in 2010, he led to an unprecedented electoral defeat in 2011.

The former history teacher, who oversaw ministries including health, trade and education, led a rapid recovery in the party’s fortunes and returned Fianna Fáil to power after nine years.