Posted 3/16/2024, 11:13:09 AM
Vaughan Gething Elected as New Welsh Labour Leader, Set to Become UK's First Black Government Head
- Vaughan Gething elected new leader of Welsh Labour Party and set to become first Black leader of Wales' government
- Defeated Education Minister Jeremy Miles by a narrow margin of 51.7% to 48.3%
- Will replace First Minister Mark Drakeford, who announced he would step down once a replacement was chosen
- Gething will be the first Black leader of a government in the UK and potentially any European country
- Takes over government that is often at odds with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative administration in London