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Leo Varadkar

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Leo Eric Varadkar ( və-RAD-kər; born 18 January 1979) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 2017 to 2020 and from 2022 to 2024, as Tánaiste from 2020 to 2022, and as leader of Fine Gael from 2017 to 2024. A TD for the Dublin West constituency from 2007 to 2024, he held a range of other ministerial positions from 2011 to 2024. Described as centre-right economically, he advocated free markets, lower taxes, and welfare reform. On social issues, he supported successful constitutional referendums to legalise same-sex marriage and to liberalise Ireland's abortion laws. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2024). Leo Varadkar is the 17,762nd most popular politician (down from 14,952nd in 2024), the 374th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 229th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leo Varadkar ranks 17,762 out of 19,576. Before him are Lourdes Flores, William Blount, Hazel McCallion, Hamza Abdi Barre, Violeta Bermúdez, and Jim Justice. After him are Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Samuel D. Ingham, Shirley Williams, Sibusiso Moyo, Yordan Yovchev, and Gilad Erdan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Leo Varadkar ranks 332. Before him are Dania Ramirez, Hong Chau, Renato, Adam Rose, Hindi Zahra, and Chantal Janzen. After him are Chae Rim, Ânderson Polga, Vinzenz Kiefer, Édison Méndez, Ana Moura, and Orlando Engelaar.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Leo Varadkar ranks 374 out of 549. Before him are Edward Donovan (1768), Henry John Stephen Smith (1826), Edward Barrett (1877), Seán Mac Diarmada (1883), James Mason (1849), and Anne Enright (1962). After him are Lenny Abrahamson (1966), Orla Brady (1961), Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848), Colin O'Donoghue (1981), T. P. McKenna (1929), and Sharon Corr (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Leo Varadkar ranks 58. Before him are Richard Mulcahy (1886), William J. Duane (1780), Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), Joseph Plunkett (1887), Seán Lemass (1899), and Seán Mac Diarmada (1883). After him are Henry Grattan (1746), Éamonn Ceannt (1881), John Redmond (1856), Michelle O'Neill (1977), Thomas Francis Meagher (1823), and Mary Lou McDonald (1969).

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