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Leo Varadkar Indian origin man in the race of becoming Irish PM

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Leo Varadkar is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Social Protection since May 2016. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) since 2007, currently for the Dublin West constituency.

Varadkar was born in Dublin and studied Medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. He spent several years as a junior doctor before qualifying as a general practitioner in 2010. In 2004 he was co-opted onto Fingal County Council and served as deputy mayor before his election to Dáil Éireann. He was immediately promoted to the Front Bench by Enda Kenny as Spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, remaining in this position until a 2010 reshuffle when he became Spokesperson on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

After the formation of the Coalition Government in March 2011, he was appointed Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. A cabinet reshuffle in July 2014 saw Varadkar appointed to the position of Minister for Health. During his tenure he became the first openly gay Irish government minister.

Born on 18 January 1979 in the Rotunda Hospital in Parnell Square, Dublin, Varadkar is the youngest child and only son of Ashok and Miriam Varadkar. His Mumbai-born father had moved to England as a doctor in the 1960s.

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