- Leo Varadkar
Infobox Politician
name = Leo Varadkar
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office =Teachta Dála for Dublin West
term_start = June 2007
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birth_date = birth date and age|1979|1|18|df=y
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alma_mater =University of Dublin
website = [http://www.leovaradkar.ie/ www.leovaradkar.ie]
party =Fine Gael |Leo Varadkar (born 18 January 1979) is an Irish
Fine Gael politician. He is currently aTeachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin West constituency. He was elected in the 2007 general election and is now the enterprise spokesman for Fine Gael.Varadkar was born in
Dublin , the son of an Indian father (a GP inCastleknock ) and an Irish mother. He was educated atKing's Hospital School ,Palmerstown andTrinity College, Dublin where he qualified as a medical doctor and was a member of theYoung Fine Gael branch, as was fellow 2007 entrant toDáil Éireann ,Lucinda Creighton . In the 2004 Local elections, he was elected toFingal County Council to represent theCastleknock local electoral area, polling the highest first preference vote in the country. He is a former vice-president of theYouth of the European People's Party and an alumnus of theWashington Ireland Program .Immigrant controversy
Varadkar was heavily criticised for suggesting to offer a payment to unemployed immigrants in return for leaving Ireland and returning to their home country. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7599298.stm]
References
External links
* [http://www.leovaradkar.ie Leo Varadkar's Website]
* [http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?MemberName=varadkar&restr=0&disp=src Oireachtas member page for Leo Varadkar]
* [http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=321 Leo Varadkar's electoral history] (ElectionsIeland.org)
* [http://leovaradkar.finegael.ie/Representatives/common/index.cfm?CFID=1786427&CFTOKEN=a13e3738d151dc8e-376AF5F8-A782-789F-80F8296D267007D4 Leo Varadkar's page on the Fine Gael website]Navboxes
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