“Van Keating” became the first black Prime Minister of Wales, England

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting NTV, UK Wales, has a black prime minister for the first time. becoming the first black leader of a European country.” The 50-year-old is expected to be sworn in as Wales’ prime minister on Wednesday. The region’s previous leader, Mark Drakeford, announced his resignation in December.

Getting told Labor members in Cardiff, the Welsh capital, after winning the election. : Today we start a new chapter in the history of our country. The history we are writing together.

Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labor Party in the UK, also attached great historical importance to Gatting’s upcoming inauguration. He said: His appointment as the first minister of Wales and the first black leader in the UK will be a historic moment that is proof of the progress and values ​​of modern Wales.

The British Labor Party has been at the head of Wales, which has a population of more than 3.1 million, for over 100 years. With its liberal policies, this party is often opposed to the conservative central government in London. This regional government has wide-ranging powers, for example in environmental and education policy and to some extent in taxation. : He is “proud” to become Europe’s first black leader after being elected leader of the Welsh Labor Party, which has held power in Cardiff for 25 years.

Getting, the current economy minister and former lawyer, 50 years old, will succeed on Wednesday, Eric Drakeford (69 years old), the current prime minister of Wales, who announced his resignation in December after five years as prime minister.

Van Getting has been elected as the new leader of the Labor Party in Wales in an intra-party vote in which he won 51.7% of the vote against Education Secretary Jeremy Miles.

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