The Fine Gael leader has been reappointed after the Dáil, the country's parliament, approved his nomination by 87 votes to 62. Varadkar, 43, served as taoiseach from 2017 to 2020. He takes over from Micheál Martin, who assumes Varadkar's previous role as tánaiste, or deputy prime minister, in the first rotation agreement of its kind in Ireland's history