Vaughan Gething’s election as the first black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government means three of the UK’s four governments will have non-white leaders.
Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday, and is set to become the first black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government.
Gething, 50, won 51.7 per cent of the votes cast by members of the party and affiliated trade unions, and Miles 48.3 per cent.Once he is confirmed on Wednesday by the Welsh parliament, the Senedd, where Labour is the largest party, Gething will become the fifth first minister since Wales’ national legislature was established in 1999.Northern Ireland is led jointly by Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly, meaning that for the first time there are no white male heads of government in the UK.
He will take over a government that is often at odds with Sunak’s Conservative administration. Wales has also experienced a wave of protests over environmental rules by farmers, similar to those that have roiled France and other European countries.
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