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Unions congratulate Gething for becoming Welsh Labour leader
Vaughan Gething, at Cardiff University, after being elected as the next Welsh Labour leader and First Minister of Wales, the first black leader of any European country, March 16, 2024

UNIONS and politicians united to congratulate Vaughan Gething on his successful bid to become Welsh Labour leader at the weekend and the first black leader of a European nation.

Mr Gething beat rival Jeremy Miles by the narrow margin with 51.7 per cent of the vote.

He said: “Today, we turn a page in the book of our nation’s history.

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