Wales will get its first Black leader after Vaughan Gething wins a Welsh Labour Party contest

Published March 16, 2024 4:28 AM

By JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Vaughan Gething has won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government. Gething is currently Welsh economy minister. He beat Education Minister Jeremy Miles in a race to replace First Minister Mark Drakeford. Gething needs to be confirmed next week by the Welsh parliament where Labour is the largest party. He is the son of a Welsh father and Zambian mother and will be the first Black leader of a government in the U.K. Wales is one of four countries that make up the United Kingdom along with England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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