Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says he will step down as leader of the country as soon as a successor is chosen. He is quitting immediately as head of Fine Gael party, part of Ireland’s coalition government.
LONDON — Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says he will step down as leader of the country soon as a successor is chosen.
He said his reasons were “both personal and political" and he had no firm future plans. He said he plans to remain in parliament as a backbench lawmaker. He was the country’s youngest-ever leader when first elected, as well as Ireland’s first openly gay prime minister. Varadkar, whose mother is Irish and father is Indian, was also Ireland’s first biracial taoiseach.
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