Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s Prime Minister, has announced his resignation as leader of the governing Fine Gael party.
Varadkar made the stunning announcement on Wednesday that he will step down as prime minister as soon as a successor was picked.
“I am resigning the presidency and leadership of Fine Gael and will resign as taoiseach [prime minister] as soon as my successor is able to take up that office,” Varadkar told reporters in Dublin on Wednesday.
What is the reason for the resignation?
He stated that his reasons for stepping down are “both personal and political.”
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However, he feels his party will perform better in the forthcoming elections with a different leader. Who would take office shortly after the March 31 Easter holiday.
Varadkar, 45, was the youngest person ever elected Irish prime minister when he took office, first from 2017 until 2020 and then again in late 2022.
About Leo Varadkar
- Varadkar is also the first out gay Prime Minister. He came out publicly in 2015, prior to Ireland’s referendum to legalize same-sex marriage.
- Varadkar was born in Dublin to an Irish mother and an Indian immigrant father, making him Ireland’s first multiracial leader.
- The Irish Prime Minister has a medical degree from Trinity College Dublin. Varadkar went into general practice after graduation, but he remained politically active. In 2007, he was elected for Fine Gael in Dublin West.
