Leo Varadkar

Politician

Leo Varadkar was born in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland on January 18th, 1979 and is the Politician. At the age of 45, Leo Varadkar biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
January 18, 1979
Nationality
Ireland
Place of Birth
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Age
45 years old
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Profession
Physician, Politician
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Leo Varadkar Life

born 18 January 1979, Eric Varadkar (v.-RAD-k?r) is an Irish Gael politician who has served as Taoiseach, Minister of Defense, and Head of Fine Gael since June 2017.

Since 2007, he has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin West constituency. Varadkar was born in Dublin and studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin.

He spent many years as a non-consultant hospital doctor, before moving to general practice in 2010.

He joined Fine Gael in 2004 and became a member of Fingal County Council, later serving as Deputy Mayor.

For the first time in 2007, he was elected to Dáil Éireann.

Kenny served as Minister of Social Protection from 2014 to 2017, and Minister for Transport, Tourism, and Sport from 2011 to 2014, before retiring in May 2017.

Varadkar stood in the leadership race to replace him, though many of his fellow constituents voted for his replacement, Simon Coveney, who was elected by a wide margin among members of the Oireachtas and was elected as the head on June 2nd.

Varadkar was elected Taoiseach and became the youngest person to hold office at 38 years old on the 2015 same-sex referendum, becoming the first Irish minister to do so.

He is Ireland's first and the world's fourth openly gay head of government in modern times.

He is also the first Taoiseach of Indian origins.

Early life

Varadkar, the third child and only son of Ashok and Miriam (née Howell) Varadkar, was born on January 18, 1979, in Dublin's Rotunda Hospital. His father was born in Bombay (now Mumbai, India) and went to the United Kingdom in the 1960s to work as a doctor. While working as a nurse in Slough, his mother, born in Dungarvan, County Waterford, met her future husband. They married in the United Kingdom in 1971. They lived in Leicester, where Sophie, the eldest of their three children, was born. The family then migrated to India before settling in Dublin, where their second child, Sonia, was born in 1973.

Varadkar attended the St Francis Xavier national school in Blanchardstown and later The King's Hospital, a Church of Ireland secondary school in Palmerstown. He began attending Young Fine Gael during his secondary schooling. He was accepted to Trinity College Dublin (TCD), where he briefly read the Constitution before moving to the School of Medicine. He served as Vice President of the Young Fine Gael branch of TCD, the European People's Party's youth group, of which Fine Gael is a member. Varadkar was accepted into the Washington, D.C., for students from Ireland's Vietnam Program for Service and Leadership (WIP), a half-year personal and professional growth course.

He graduated in 2003 after completing his internship at KEM Hospital in Mumbai. He spent many years as a non-consultant hospital doctor in St. James' Hospital and Connolly Hospital before specialising as a general practitioner in 2010.

Personal life

Varadkar, the first Irish government leader of partially Indian origins, has visited India on several occasions, and has visited India on several occasions. He completed his medical internship at KEM Hospital in Mumbai, his father's hometown.

Varadkar talked openly about being gay in an interview on RTÉ Radio on January 18th (his 36th birthday) for the first time: "It's not something that identifies me." I'm not a half-Indian politician, or a doctor politician or a gay activist for that matter. It's just part of who I am; it doesn't identify me; it is a part of my identity, I suppose." Varadkar, a leading proponent of the same-sex marriage referendum, was a leading supporter of the same-sex marriage referendum. Matthew Barrett, his partner, is a doctor at Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.

Varadkar completed a course in professional Irish and created de Varad, an Irish language variant for his surname. "My intention in getting Irish is just to talk about it," he said.

Speak Irish!

It's not about getting it right; it's about having fun and making an effort to write it."

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Leo Varadkar Career

Early political career

Varadkar, a twenty-year-old medical student at the time, was unsuccessful in the 1999 municipal elections in the Mulhuddart local electoral area. Varadkar was co-opted to Fingal County Council in 2003, as a replacement for Sheila Terry. He received the nation's first-preference vote in 2004, with 4,894 votes and was elected on the first count.

Varadkar was elected to Dáil Éireann in 2007 as a Fine Gael TD for the Dublin West constituency. Enda Kenny, the Opposition's Top Spokesperson, was named on the Front Bench as Spokesperson for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment until he reshuffled in 2010. Varadkar was re-elected to Dáil Éireann in 2011, garnering 8,359 first-preference votes (a 19.7% share of the vote in a four-seat constituency).

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MICK HUME: From a crackdown on gender neutral toilets to the NHS (and Starmer) doing a U-turn on trans, a wave of common sense is - for now - sweeping Britain

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 8, 2024
Things might look a little grim for small-c conservatives in British politics right now. But there is some good news from the front line in Britain's culture wars. All hail the anti-woke revolution! The backlash against intrusive 'progressive' diktats, imposed trans ideology and politically-correct language is gathering pace, from hospitals and schools to public loos. In another blow to the gender extremists, the Government is introducing new rules designed to 'halt the march of gender-neutral toilets' in non-domestic premises. New buildings such as bars, restaurants, shopping centres and offices will be required to provide single-sex toilet facilities for men and women 'to alleviate safety, privacy and dignity concerns'. The new legislation follows a government consultation in which 81 per cent of respondents wanted separate single-sex facilities; 82 per cent also favoured 'universal toilets' - self-contained, fully enclosed lavatories for individual use, each with its own wash basin.

Ireland's parliament votes in Simon Harris, 37, as country's youngest PM after Leo Varadkar abruptly quits due to 'personal and political' reasons

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 9, 2024
Harris, 37, will become Ireland's youngest-ever prime minister when he is formally installed in the role at a ceremony with President Michael D. Higgins. The centre-right Fine Gael party - part of a three-party governing coalition - selected Harris as its leader following an uncontested election after Varadkar's resignation. Parliamentarians on Tuesday voted 88 to 69 in favour of him becoming 'taoiseach' - a Gaelic word for 'chieftain' or 'leader'. On accepting the nomination, Harris told parliament: 'I commit to doing everything that I can to honour the trust that you have placed in me today. This is very much a partnership government and I intend to lead us in the spirit of unity, collaboration and mutual respect,' he said, watched on by his wife and children. 'I want to bring new ideas and new energy and I hope a new empathy to public life. Time is certainly short, and there's a lot to do,' Harris added.

After Varadkar resigned, Simon Harris, 37, is confirmed as the new head of Fine Gael, paving the way for his resignation as Ireland's youngest ever prime minister

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 24, 2024
Following the Easter break, Simon Harris, 37, who is now the further and Higher Education Minister, will be officially elected as the Taoiseach in the Dail in April. Willie Geraghty, the party's executive council's chairman, made the announcement in Athlone after nominations closed and no other candidates applied for the leadership. Mr Harris, the father of two children, has been characterized as 'energetic,' a great communicator,' and as having a "vision for Ireland that is concerned equality of opportunity" by his party colleagues. His resignation came after Leo Varadkar's shocking announcement that he would step down as the head of Fine Gael and resign as taoiseach as soon as his replacement was confirmed.
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