Vaughan Gething has been confirmed as Wales’s new first minister after a vote of Senedd members.

Mr Gething was elected leader of Welsh Labour on Saturday and was announced as first minister after Mark Drakeford formally stood down on Tuesday.

He said becoming the first black leader of any European nation was “a matter of pride”, but also a “daunting responsibility”.

He was supported by 27 members of the Senedd in Wednesday’s vote – all Labour members present as well as Welsh Liberal Democrat leader, Jane Dodds.

Gething, the son of a Welsh father and a Zambian mother, said Wales is now “the first nation anywhere in Europe to be led by a Black person.”

“It is a matter of pride for a modern Wales, but also a daunting responsibility for me — and one that I do not take lightly,” he told lawmakers.

He said he wanted to lead a country that “can celebrate our differences and take pride in all of those things that draw us together.”

Former first minister Mr Drakeford nominated Mr Gething for the position.

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and leader of the Welsh Conservatives Andrew RT Davies were also nominated by their respective parties. They received 11 and 13 votes, respectively.

Mr Gething, 50, began his statement to the Senedd by paying tribute to his predecessor Mark Drakeford.

Three of the U.K.’s four governments now have nonwhite leaders. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has Indian heritage, while Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf was born to a Pakistani family in Britain. Northern Ireland is led jointly by Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly, meaning that for the first time there are no White male heads of government in the U.K.

Wales is currently the only UK administration controlled by Labour, albeit in a minority administration with the acquiescence of Plaid Cymru under a “cooperation agreement”. Welsh governance has evolved markedly since devolution scraped into existence in an even narrower 1998 referendum, and the limited Welsh Assembly and Executive Committee have grown into a Senedd and government with quite extensive powers. Gething has a familiar set of problems to deal with…

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