Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday, and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government.

Gething, who is currently Welsh economy minister, narrowly beat Education Minister Jeremy Miles in a race to replace First Minister Mark Drakeford. Drakeford announced late last year he would step down once a replacement was chosen.

Gething, 50, won 51.7% of the votes cast by members of the party and affiliated trade unions, and Miles 48.3%.

Once he is confirmed next week by the Welsh parliament, the Senedd, where Labour is the largest party, Gething will become the fifth first minister since Wales’ national legislature was established in 1999.

  • Destide
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    108 months ago

    One day I hope we’ll get past focusing on this stuff

    • @Squizzy@lemmy.world
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      158 months ago

      I dont think it is focusing, reppresentation and inclusion are important. When we get passed it it will be bacause it isnt a rarity but rather the norm

      • Jojo
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        28 months ago

        Someone once asked (I think) Ruth Bader Ginsburg how many women had to be on the SCOTUS in order for it to not be biased towards men. Her answer was “All nine of them. After all, it’s been all nine men before and no one thought that was special”

        I am, of course, quite heavily paraphrasing.