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- Vaughan Gething became the first Black leader of a government in the UK.
- Vaughan Gething has been elected the first minister of Wales. He became the first Black leader of a government in the U.K.
- He is elected government leader by members of the Welsh parliament. He secured 27 of 51 votes in the Legislature.
- He is the son of a Welsh father and a Zambian mother. He will take oath after the approval of King Charles III.
- Now, three of the UK’s four governments have nonwhite leaders.
- Wales has a population of about 3 million. It is one of the four parts of the United Kingdom, along with England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- The British government is responsible for defence, foreign affairs and other UK-wide issues for these parts.
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