Mr Harris, 37, currently the further and higher education minister, will be formally elected as taoiseach in the Dail in April following the Easter recess.
Simon Harris has been confirmed as the new leader of Fine Gael – paving the way for him to become Ireland’s youngest Taoiseach
It follows the shock announcement by Leo Varadkar that he would be stepping down as Fine Gael leader and would resign as taoiseach as soon as his successor was selected. He has previously said he remains fully committed to the programme for government agreed with coalition partners Fianna Fail and the Green Party.
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