Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says he will quit as leader of the country once a new leader is picked.
Varadkar said on Wednesday that he is stepping down right away as the leader of the Fine Gael party, which is part of the government in Ireland. He will be changed as the top leader of the country after a competition within his political party.
He said he had personal and political reasons.
Varadkar, who is 45 years old, has been the prime minister of Ireland twice. First from 2017 to 2020, and then again since December 2022.
He was the youngest leader ever elected in the country and also the first openly gay prime minister of Ireland. Varadkar is the first biracial taoiseach of Ireland. His mother is Irish and his father is Indian.
“I am happy that we have made the country a fairer and more modern place,” he said when he resigned in Dublin.
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