A look back at Leo Varadkar's time in politics after his resignation as Taoiseach this evening.
In 2009, a young Leo Varadkar joins then Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny in announcing a proposed job creation subsidyHe was the Fine Gael upstart who became Ireland's youngest Taoiseach when he was elected in 2017 at the age of 38.
In 2012, Leo Varadkar joined members and volunteers of both the Irish Coast Guard and the Royal National Lifeboat Institute during a joint training exercise in Howth Leo Varadkar hands over the the keys of the first of 62 new ambulances to Chief Ambulance Officer Pat Grant at Dublin Castle in 2015 Leo Varadkar attends a press conference at 10 Downing Street in London with Prime Minister Theresa May on his first official engagement outside of Ireland as Taoiseach in 2017
Leo Varadkar attends the inauguration of Michael D Higgins as president for a second term at Dublin Castle in 2018 Leo Varadkar at Blair House in Washington during a press conference where he announced that all schools, colleges and childcare facilities in Ireland will close as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020
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