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Fine Gael party confirmed Harris’ leadership following the resignation of party leader and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Wednesday. Harris was the only candidate to put his name forward in nominations.
Fine Gael secured third spot with 38. Micheal Martin, Fianna Fáil leader and Ireland‘s deputy premier, said: “We’ll let the dust settle and savour the moment.
Harris, 37, ran unopposed to replace Varadkar as leader of the ruling Fine Gael party, and the final formalities of his rise to power were completed in the Dáil, Ireland’s parliament.
The 2024 Fine Gael leadership election followed the resignation of Leo Varadkar as party leader on 20 March 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As the only candidate nominated, Simon Harris , the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science , was deemed elected as party leader on 24 March 2024.
The Deputy leader of Fine Gael is a senior politician within the Fine Gael political party in Ireland. The post is currently held by Helen McEntee, who was appointed deputy on 19 October 2024. [1] Like other political party leaders, the leader of Fine Gael has the power to appoint or dismiss their deputy.
Harris was elected unopposed as the new leader of Fine Gael on Sunday, just four days after Leo Varadkar's shock exit. The 37-year-old is set to be voted in as Ireland's youngest ever prime ...
Ireland is poised to get its youngest-ever premier next month after Simon Harris secured the leadership of the Fine Gael party on Sunday, replacing Leo Varadkar who announced his surprise ...
The 2011 Irish general election saw the governing Fianna Fáil collapse at the polls, [55] while Fine Gael and the Labour Party returned with their best results ever. [55] [56] For the first time in its history, Fine Gael became the largest party in Dáil Eireann. Once more Fine Gael and Labour paired up to form a government, their tenure ...