Vaughan Gething was elected the first black leader of Wales on Wednesday when lawmakers in the devolved Welsh administration voted to make him first minister.
The 50-year-old said the country of three million people, which is part of the United Kingdom, had become 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,” Gething told the Welsh parliament, known as the Senedd Cymru in Welsh.
Gething succeeds Mark Drakeford, 69, who stepped down on Tuesday. He had been first minister since December 2018.
