Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar resigned

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has announced his resignation as the head of the country’s ruling party and as prime minister, but will continue to work until a new prime minister is elected.

Leo Varadkar announced his sudden resignation at an emergency press conference in Dublin and said he had asked Fine Gael to elect a new party leader at its annual conference on April 6, Reuters reported.

He said that when the new leader is elected by the party, he should be voted for the Prime Minister in the Parliament, for which the voting will take place following the Easter holidays.

It should be noted that Leo Varadkar was elected Prime Minister in 2017 and became the first gay Prime Minister and was re-elected a year ago, while the next election will be held in March 2025.

Leo Varadkar announced the reasons for his resignation at an emergency press conference in Dublin.

He said that I am sure that the new prime minister and leader will prove better than me for the re-election of the coalition government.

The predecessor of Ireland’s outgoing prime minister has one more year to correct criticism of his government and political correctness as the main opposition party, Sinn Féin, gains popularity among the public.

The 37-year-old education minister Simon Harris, who served as health minister during the Covid-19 pandemic, is considered a strong candidate for the prime ministership. Other candidates include former deputy prime minister Simon Conway, Paschal Donohoe and justice minister Helen McEntee. are

Leo Varadkar’s government quickly pulled the country out of economic crisis following Covid-19 but failed to solve a decades-long housing crisis, exacerbated recently by record numbers of refugees and migrants from Ukraine. There is pressure.