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IRELAND'S FIRST GAY PRIME MISTER LEO VARADKAR FORMALLY ELECTED

The former GP, who me out as gay 2015, is nfirmed as taoiseach Dáil ceremony Dubl * ireland's 1st gay prime minister *

The son of an Indian immigrant has ma Irish history by beg the untry’s youngt and first openly gay prime Varadkar, 38, was formally elected taoiseach at a nfirmatn ceremony the Dáil Dubl after he won the Fe Gael party learship earlier this month. DUBLIN — Leo Varadkar was elected Irish Prime Mister on Wednday, makg the 38-year-old son of an Indian immigrant the once-stnchly Catholic untry's first gay premier and the youngt person to hold the office.

"Enda Kenny's learship enabled me to bee an equal cizen my own untry two short years ago and to aspire to hold this office, an aspiratn I once thought was beyond my reach, at least if I chose to be myself, " Varadkar said reference to Ireland's 2015 vote to legalize gay marriage. 6 ln people that only crimalized homosexualy 1993 and legalized divorce two years later.

He also beme the first openly gay man elected to lead the Republic of Ireland, where homosexualy was illegal until jt 24 years ago.

IRELAND ELECTS FIRST OPENLY GAY PRIME MISTER, LEO VARADKAR

Leo Varadkar was elected Irish Prime Mister on Wednday, makg the 38-year-old the untry's first gay premier youngt person to hold the office. * ireland's 1st gay prime minister *

DUBLIN (Rters) - Leo Varadkar was elected Irish Prime Mister on Wednday, makg the 38-year-old son of an Indian immigrant the first gay premier of the once-stnchly Catholic untry and the youngt person to hold the Varadkar is ngratulated by lleagu as he leav Government buildgs after beg elected by parliamentary vote as the next Prime Mister of Ireland (Taoiseach) to replace Enda Kenny Dubl, Ireland June 14, 2017.

“Enda Kenny’s learship enabled me to bee an equal cizen my own untry two short years ago and to aspire to hold this office, an aspiratn I once thought was beyond my reach, at least if I chose to be myself, ” Varadkar said reference to Ireland’s 2015 vote to legalize gay marriage. Ireland’s health mister has bee the first member of a ernment Dubl to clare that he is as a possible future prime mister, Leo Varadkar told Miriam O’Callaghan on RTÉ Rad 1 on Sunday morng: “I am a gay man. ”His claratn was ma jt months before a natnal referendum on givg gay marriag equal stat Irish law.

IRELAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRIME MISTER FORMALLY TAK OFFICE

Leo Varadkar was elected Irish Prime Mister on Wednday, makg the 38-year-old son of an Indian immigrant the first gay premier of the once-stnchly Catholic untry and the youngt person to hold the office. * ireland's 1st gay prime minister *

Varadkar said the taoiseach even asked him if he had vised one of Dubl’s most famo gay bars. ” He add that was his belief that Ireland was ready to have a gay prime Roman Catholic Church domated Irish polics until the 1980s and the untry legalised homosexual acts 1993, but Ireland has bee much more liberal recent years as the Church’s public fluence waned the wake of a strg of child sex abe Natnal Women’s Council Ireland was one of the first anisatns to praise Varadkar, scribg his “brave and scere terview” Gay Swchboard work tweeted rponse to his revelatn “Well done.

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