Leo Varadkar waves to colleagues as he leaves the parliament in Dublin after being confirmed as Ireland’s prime minister, on Wednesday. Photo: Paul Faith/AFPLondon: Leo Varadkar, a 38-year-old Indian-origin doctor, on Wednesday scripted history by becoming Ireland’s youngest and first openly gay prime minister in the Catholic-majority country. Varadkar, officially took over as Taoiseach, as the Irish prime ministerial title is known in Ireland, after a parliamentary vote confirmed him as the leader by 57 votes to 50, with 47 abstentions. The former general physician, who is the son of an Irish nurse and a doctor from India, won the Fine Gael party leadership earlier this month. He has made his leadership rival Simon Coveney the deputy leader of the party.

Source: Mint June 14, 2017 15:45 UTC