Ireland Prime Minister

Indian-origin Leo Varadkar, former Irish Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Fine Gael party, has been elected as the new prime minister of Ireland after a vote in the lower house of parliament

Gotabaya Rajapaksa is not the first leader to have fled their country in the face of popular unrest. Here is a brief list mentioning some of them

Some 3.3 million people are eligible to vote to elect 159 members of the Dail, the lower chamber of parliament in Dublin

The Dublin-born son of Mumbai-born Ashok Varadkar & Irish mother Miriam, served as welfare minister