Leo Varadkar to bee Ireland's first openly gay Prime Mister and youngt ever lear after lg Fe Gael party selects him as Taoiseach | The Sun

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• IRELAND'S FIRST GAY PRIME MISTER LEO VARADKAR FORMALLY ELECTED
• LEO VARADKAR, GAY SON OF INDIAN IMMIGRANT, TO BE NEXT IRISH PM
• WHO IS LEO VARADKAR? THE INDIAN-ORIG, OPENLY GAY LEAR BACK AS IRELAND PM
• LEO VARADKAR: GAY, HALF-INDIAN, NSERVATIVE – AND FAVOURE TO BE IRELAND’S NEXT LEAR
• WHO IS LEO VARADKAR — THE GAY SON OF AN INDIAN IMMIGRANT WHO WILL BE IRELAND’S NEXT PM
• 7 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT LEO VARADKAR, IRELAND’S NEXT PM, WHO IS HALF INDIAN & OPENLY GAY
• GAY SON OF INDIAN IMMIGRANT LIKELY TO BE IRELAND’S NEXT LEAR
• LEO VARADKAR TO BEE IRELAND’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRIME MISTER AND YOUNGT EVER LEAR AFTER LG FE GAEL PARTY SELECTS HIM TO BE TAOISEACH
• IRISH PM LEO VARADKAR IS GAY, NSERVATIVE — AND OF INDIAN ORIG
• GAY INDIAN-ORIG LEADS RACE TO BEE NEW IRISH PRIME MISTER
• PROMENT IRISH GOVERNMENT MISTER COM OUT AS GAY

IRELAND'S FIRST GAY PRIME MISTER LEO VARADKAR FORMALLY ELECTED

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. The son of an Indian immigrant who me out as gay 2015 will be the next Irish prime mister, after he was voted lear of the untry’s ma erng Varadkar’s victory the Fe Gael learship ntt on Friday, which took place after outgog PM Enda Kenny announced his rignatn last month, marks another signifint step forward for equaly the untry, after 2015’s gay marriage well as beg Ireland’s first gay prime mister, Varadkar, 38, will also bee the untry’s youngt lear, and the first om an ethnic mory background.

Although Varadkar’s centre-right polics are clearly nservative, he portrays the image of a new, progrsive Ireland, symbolised bt May 2015 when the Republic voted overwhelmgly favour of gay marriage.

LEO VARADKAR, GAY SON OF INDIAN IMMIGRANT, TO BE NEXT IRISH PM

“I thk ’s really signifint that both his party and the media Ireland foced on his polici, rather than him simply beg a gay man who wants to lead the untry, ” said Brian Fnegan, the edor of Gay Communy News Dubl. “It is a sign of how much Ireland has changed and moved on that no one really r if he is gay here. Irish policians were among the last sectors of our society to e out of the closet but now at least we’ve got one gay man and a lbian, Cathere Zappone, both the bet.

WHO IS LEO VARADKAR? THE INDIAN-ORIG, OPENLY GAY LEAR BACK AS IRELAND PM

I’m not a half-Indian polician, or a doctor polician, or a gay polician, for that matter.

Leo Varadkar, an openly gay Indian-orig polician, beme the Prime Mister of Ireland on Saturday.

LEO VARADKAR: GAY, HALF-INDIAN, NSERVATIVE – AND FAVOURE TO BE IRELAND’S NEXT LEAR

Leo Varadkar, who was born 1979, beme the first openly gay Taoiseach June 2017. In 2017, when he beme the Irish Prime Mister for the first time, Varadkar created history by beg the first openly gay man to hold the office of Taoiseach. "I am not a half-Indian polician or a doctor polician or a gay polician for that matter.

WHO IS LEO VARADKAR — THE GAY SON OF AN INDIAN IMMIGRANT WHO WILL BE IRELAND’S NEXT PM

What mak Varadkar's elevatn remarkable is that an openly gay polician has now occupied the top post of Ireland, a untry domated by stnch Catholic valu, not once, but twice.

7 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT LEO VARADKAR, IRELAND’S NEXT PM, WHO IS HALF INDIAN & OPENLY GAY

Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s mister for social protectn, is the strong favoure to replace Enda Kenny as Taoiseach of 38-year-old, who me out as gay durg the same-sex marriage referendum mpaign Ireland 2015, has dropped to 2/5 wh Paddy Power to bee the next lear of Fe Gael, which leads a mory he were to w, would mark a tone for the historilly very nservative untry.

25 ln mory ethnic to lead IrelandMr Varadkar, whose father is Indian, would be the first mory ethnic Taoiseach of Ireland as well as the first gay man to hold the would be the fourth openly gay prime mister the world after Belgium’s El Di Rupo, Iceland’s Johanna Sigurdardottir and Luxembourg’s Xavier Mister Leo Varadkar livers heartfelt speech llg for same-sex marriageThe polician me out a rad terview 2015 before the untry voted to make same-sex marriage said: “It’s not somethg that f me. I’m not a half-Indian polician, or a doctor polician or a gay polician for that matter. Ireland’s Mister for Social Protectn Leo Varadkar lnch his mpaign bid for Fe Gael party lear Dubl (Source: Rters/File Photo)In what is beg touted as a huge “generatnal change Ireland’s polil life”, Indian-orig Leo Varadkar won the learship race for the lg party and is all set to bee the untry’s next prime mister makg him Ireland’s first openly gay lear.

GAY SON OF INDIAN IMMIGRANT LIKELY TO BE IRELAND’S NEXT LEAR

In 2015, the once-stnchly Catholic untry had been preparg for a referendum on legalisg gay marriage. He was elected to parliament at 27 and ne years later, he publicly me out as gay. “I hontly don’t thk 1981 when I first got elected that I uld foree a time when an openly gay man might bee Taoiseach, ” former Fe Gael puty lear Nora Owen told Rters.

“We have e a long way and the fact that someone like Leo Varadkar, who is an openly gay man, livg wh his partner, n actually put himself forward for Taoiseach and nobody is battg an eyelid is wonrful and I thk ’s a great day for Ireland that we n do that, ” he add. Varadkar will be the first openly gay man to hold the post, and his appotment will be nfirmed at the end of the month, when the Irish parliament returns om a break.

LEO VARADKAR TO BEE IRELAND’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRIME MISTER AND YOUNGT EVER LEAR AFTER LG FE GAEL PARTY SELECTS HIM TO BE TAOISEACH

Bis beg an openly gay lear of a major polil party, and a soon-to-be Prime Mister, Varadkar stands out some other ways as well.

Here are seven thgs about Leo Varadkar that you should know before he tak office: He is openly gay and me out on January 18, 2015, on his 36th birthday. Ireland legalized gay marriage 2015, and Varadkar me out a few months after that on a rad show.

IRISH PM LEO VARADKAR IS GAY, NSERVATIVE — AND OF INDIAN ORIG

At 36, he publicly me out as gay. Homosexualy was only crimalized Ireland 1993.

Senator David Norris, 73, the first Irish polician to publicly e out as gay told CNN that he unrstands why Varadkar wants to foc on polici and not his personal life. Now to be able to have a young, able, good-lookg gay man as prime mister of the untry, says to young people, ‘you n be anythg you want, your sexualy don’t matter, ’” he said.

GAY INDIAN-ORIG LEADS RACE TO BEE NEW IRISH PRIME MISTER

If elected, Varadkar would be one of two openly gay heads of state currently office – Luxembourg’s prime mister Xavier Bettel beg the other. VARAD TO SERVE Leo Varadkar to bee Ireland’s first openly gay Prime Mister and youngt ever lear after lg Fe Gael party selects him to be TaoiseachDubl polician born to an Indian father will take up office on June 13Published: 18:43, 2 Jun 2017Updated: 2:22, 3 Jun 2017IRELAND will have s first openly gay Prime Mister after half-Indian Fe Gael polician Leo Varadkar was elected as the lg party's new lear today. His victory — which me spe losg the popular vote by 30 per cent — is beg viewed as a sign of huge social chang a untry where homosexualy was a crimal offence until 1993.

In 2015, Ireland beme the first untry the world to adopt gay marriage.

5 Varadkar will be the first openly gay Prime Mister when he tak officeCred: PA:Prs Associatn. In a rad terview January 2015, on his 36th birthday, he revealed he was gay and was a proment supporter of the Y mpaign the same-sex marriage referendum the followg May. "I am a gay man.

PROMENT IRISH GOVERNMENT MISTER COM OUT AS GAY

"It's not somethg that f me: I'm not a half-Indian polician, or a doctor polician or a gay polician for that matter, " he said, addg that he jt wanted to be "hont wh people".