Varadkar, Leo Eric

Varadkar, Leo Eric,

1979–, Irish politician, b. Dublin, grad. Trinity College Dublin (2003). The son of an Irish nurse and an Indian doctor, he practiced as a junior doctor before qualifying as a general practitioner (2010). A member of Fine GaelFine Gael
, Irish political party. Formed in 1933, it was the successor of the party founded by William Cosgrave that held power from the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922 until ousted by the republican Fianna Fáil in 1932.
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, he was first elected to the Irish parliament in 2007. He served as minister of transport, tourism, and sport (2011–14), health (2014–16), and social protection (2016–17) before succeeding Enda KennyKenny, Enda
, 1951–, Irish politician. After teaching primary school, he was elected to the Irish parliament in 1975, winning his late father's seat and becoming the body's youngest member.
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 as party leader and prime minister. He became Ireland's youngest prime minister, as well as the first to be openly gay and to have an ethnic minority background.