Biography

Leo Varadkar is known for Is There Anybody Out There? Young Voices from Inside a Pandemic (2021), The Irish Question (2024) and Quintessentially Irish (2024).

He is the first openly gay Irish government minister and Taoiseach.

At thirty-eight years old, he is the youngest person ever to be elected Taoiseach of Ireland.

His father is Indian and his mother is Irish.

He worked as a doctor before entering politics.

In 2017, he was elected 'Taoiseach' [Prime Minister] of the Republic of Ireland.

Friends have to be able to say things to each other that are true, and a small country like Ireland can show leadership in the world by using our voice.

[on a potential meeting with President Trump] I'll certainly be making the case for free trade, not just because it benefits America. I don't think you can make America great again by trying to go back to an old coal-based manufacturing economy that doesn't really exist anymore. It is going to have to be about embracing a modern trading economy.