Leo Varadkar becomes PM of Ireland
He is the youngest person to hold the crucial position in the country.
Leo Varadkar, son of an Indian immigrant, is set to become the first LGBTQ Prime Minister of the nation.
Varadkar, 38, who came out as homosexual in 2015 in a radio interview, will be Ireland's youngest ever leader and the first from an ethnic minority background.
"It’s not something that defines me. I’m not a half-Indian politician, or a doctor politician, or a gay politician, for that matter. It’s just part of who I am. It doesn’t define me. It is part of my character, I suppose," he told RTE Radio in 2015.
He succeeded outgoing Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who announced his resignation last month.
He defeated Simon Coveney in the Fine Gael elections.
Ireland is predominantly a Catholic nation, with the largest church being the Roman Catholic Church, who has historically opposed the union of gay men and women.
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