Leo Varadkar Elected As New PM Of Ireland
Date
12/17/2022 7:25:16 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Leo Varadkar, former Irish Deputy Prime Minister and leader of
the Fine Gael party, has been elected as the new prime minister of
Ireland following a vote in the lower house of the Irish parliament
on Saturday, trend reports citing xinhua .
A total of 87 members of the house voted in favour of his
nomination as the new prime minister while 62 members voted against
it.
Following his appointment as new prime minister by Irish
President Michael D. Higgins, Varadkar announced a reshuffle of the
cabinet.
According to a list of the cabinet members, former Irish Prime
Minister and leader of Fianna Fail Micheal Martin will become the
new deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs and
defence while former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon
Coveney will become minister for enterprise, trade and
employment.
Former Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe will be the minister for
public expenditure and reform while former Minister for Public
Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath will take Donohoe's position
as the new finance minister.
There are altogether 15 members in the cabinet. All the
positions held by other cabinet members have remained the same.
After the nomination was approved by the lower house of the
Irish parliament, the new cabinet held its first meeting on
Saturday night.
This is the second time that Varadkar has been elected as Irish
prime minister. He first became the Irish prime minister in June
2017. In June 2020, the Fine Gael party led by Varadkar formed a
coalition government with Fianna Fail and Green Party, in which he
served as deputy prime minister and Minister for Enterprise, Trade
and Employment.
According to an agreement reached by the three parties in
setting up a coalition government, Fianna Fail party leader Micheal
Martin will first serve as Irish prime minister until December 2022
and Fine Gael party leader Varadkar will replace Martin to be the
new prime minister until the five-year term of the current
government comes to an end.
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