Kevin McCarthy elected as new speaker of the US House of Representatives

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Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has been elected as the speaker of the US House of Representatives.

An overview of the news 

• He was serving as the House Minority Leader in the House.

• The US Parliament has elected Kevin McCarthy of the Republican Party as the speaker of the House of Representatives after 15 rounds of voting. McCarthy is the 55th speaker of the US House of Representatives.

• Kevin McCarthy, 57, has replaced Nancy Pelosi, 82, the leader of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives.

• After the midterm elections held on November 8, the number of members of former President Donald Trump's Republican Party has increased to 222 in the 435-member House of Representatives.

• With this, President Joe Biden's Democratic Party has come in the minority in the House of Representatives.

• Kevin McCarthy has become the third most senior US position after US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

About Kevin McCarthy

• Kevin McCarthy is a member of the Republican Party.

• He was elected as the House Minority Leader from 2019 to 2023.

• He previously served as the House Majority Leader from 2014 to 2019 under Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan.

• McCarthy has been elected as a member of the US Parliament 9 times. He was born in Bakersfield, California.