It was a single-party Fianna Fáil government led by Éamon de Valera as Taoiseach.

In the debate on the nomination of Taoiseach, Fianna Fáil leader and outgoing Taoiseach Éamon de Valera and Fine Gael leader and former President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave were both proposed.

[1] De Valera was then appointed as Taoiseach by President Douglas Hyde.

[2] After his appointment as Taoiseach by the president, Éamon de Valera proposed the members of the government and they were approved by the Dáil on 2 July 1943.

On 2 July, the government appointed parliamentary secretaries on the nomination of the Taoiseach.