Highlights: Wales: Labor Vaughan Gething will be the next Prime Minister. Current Labor leader Mark Drakeford has resigned and will step down by the end of the month. The 50-year-old former lawyer, son of a Welsh veterinarian and a Zambian chicken farmer, was elected this Saturday March 16 as leader of the Welsh Labor Party. His family had to leave Wales when he was a child because of racism. His victory in an internal election, which brought together fewer than 100,000 voters, was welcomed by British PM Rishi Sunak.

In the United Kingdom, each constituent nation has its own government and parliament, autonomous on certain matters. Current Labor leader Mark Drakeford has resigned and will give in…

Wales: Labor Vaughan Gething will be the next Prime Minister

In the United Kingdom, each constituent nation has its own government and parliament, autonomous on certain matters.

Current Labor leader Mark Drakeford has resigned and will step down by the end of the month.

The arrival of Vaughan Gething represents a first.

The flags of Wales or the Union, in front of the Welsh parliament building in Cardiff, in 2022 (illustrative photo).

AFP - GEOFF CADDICK

By: RFI Follow

With our correspondent in the United Kingdom,

Émeline Vin

Born in

Zambia

, Vaughan Gething would become the first black leader across all of Europe.

The 50-year-old former lawyer, son of a Welsh veterinarian and a Zambian chicken farmer, was elected this Saturday March 16 as leader of the Welsh Labor Party and should therefore take the lead of the British nation. .

In his victory speech, Vaughan Gething hailed “

a page being turned in the book of our country

”.

His family had to leave Wales when he was a child because of racism.

Even though he has been involved in politics since adolescence, an MP since 2011, the Welsh mainly discovered Vaughan Gething during the pandemic;

he was then Minister of Health, since moved to

Economy

An honor to be elected Leader of our incredible Welsh Labor Party today.

I spoke with @Keir_Starmer this morning about the fight ahead and our chance to create a brighter future for Wales, together.

Thank you to Jeremy for the ideas, energy and commitment he has brought to… https://t.co/l6Aj0VmEef

— Vaughan Gething (@vaughangething) March 16, 2024

His campaign was marred by the financing of a businessman convicted of environmental damage.

His victory in an internal election for the Welsh Labor Party, which brought together fewer than 100,000 voters out of a population of 3 million, was welcomed by British Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak

, but not by Welsh separatists.

The Welsh parliament must now validate his accession to head of government in the coming days.

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Wales: Labor Vaughan Gething will be the next Prime Minister

Wales: Labor Vaughan Gething will be the next Prime Minister

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