British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns as leader of the Conservative Party. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns as leader of the Conservative Party. A leadership election will be held to appoint a new prime minister.
Leadership candidates must have the support of party MPs. Members of the Conservative Party will vote to elect a new leader from among the two candidates with the most support. So who are the potential candidates?
Rishi Altar
Rishi Sunak was once seen by some as the future leader of the Conservative Party.
But in recent months, his reputation has been tarnished after a row of his wealthy Indian wife not paying taxes in the UK. After some time, he was fined for breaking isolation rules while joining the party at the Prime Minister’s Department during the Covid outbreak. In 2015, he was elected MP for Richmond Borough in North Yorkshire. Few have heard of him outside of parliament, but in February 2020 he became finance minister.
Soon after, restrictions were imposed in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, and he had to spend a lot of money to keep the economy afloat during this time.
For a self-described conservative in favor of low taxes and spending in the Thatcherite party (former Prime Minister Margaret), splurging is not easy, but it has become commonplace.
Arguably, his decision to leave cabinet early, along with his friend, Health Secretary Sajid Javid, paved the way for a resignation that led to Boris Johnson’s resignation.
Liz Truss
Secretary of State Liz Truss was quick to voice support for Johnson after the Treasury secretary resigned and cemented her place among her loyalists.
As the second woman to arrive at the Foreign Office, Truss secured the release of two British nationals long held captive in Iran; He was praised for imposing sanctions on Russia and its oligarchs.
Elected as the first MP for South West Norfolk in 2010, Truss has become a popular figure among Conservatives for his liberal views on economics and business.
But his style did not always appeal to the masses and he was mocked for his fiery speech at the 2015 Conservative Party conference on British cheese imports.
But that hasn’t hindered his progress, and he held a number of key roles before taking on his current role, including negotiating trade deals after the UK leaves the European Union. Brexit) as Secretary of State for International Trade. Sajid Javid
In his resignation speech on Tuesday, the former health minister said he concluded “the matter started from the beginning” and referred to the prime minister, stressing the need for “honesty”.
Javid previously ran for the leadership position in 2019 but withdrew from the effort in favor of Johnson after being among the final four candidates.
For this support, Johnson awarded him the position of finance minister. But here he resigned after six months due to problems with his advisers. He returns to the cabinet as Health Minister in 2021. Javid is considered a fiscal conservative who has warned of the risk of rising inflation and the national debt.
Javid, who was elected a Conservative MP in 2010, was born in the UK in 1969 to a family of Pakistani immigrants.
Michel Gove
Michael Gove, who holds the post of interregional development secretary, was fired on Wednesday after Johnson called for his resignation.
Before that, he had twice run for the leadership of the Conservative Party and for the post of Prime Minister. England finished third behind Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt in 2019. But his most famous intervention in leadership races was in 2016, after the EU referendum, when he was the leading representative of Brexit supporters.
After initially backing Johnson, who was on the same side as a Brexiteer, he withdrew his support, claiming he “cannot guarantee this leadership” and announced his candidacy.
Gove, a former BBC staffer and Conservative columnist for The Times, is one of the longest serving ministers.
Gove, who became education minister in 2010, has since served in government as Conservative vice-chairman, justice minister, environment minister and most recently development minister. inter-regional development.
Nadhim Zahawi
Nadhim Zahawi, who was appointed finance minister by Johnson two days ago, cemented his reputation as a trusted minister by taking on the role of vaccine minister during the Covid outbreak and was praised for his work. successful vaccination program in the UK. This job, which he called “the most important job I have ever done”, paved the way for his promotion to the cabinet as Minister of Education.
2 hours after Rishi Sunak resigned and was appointed finance minister, he was among those who told Johnson it was time to step down.
Born in 1967 in Iraq, Zahawi and his family left the country when Saddam Hussein came to power in 1979.
After studying chemical engineering, he started a business selling Teletubbies products, then increased his fortune by founding the online survey company YouGov. In 2010, he was elected MP for Stratford-Upon-Avon, known as the Conservative Party stronghold.
Jeremy Hunt
The former foreign secretary came in second behind Boris Johnson in the Conservative leadership race in 2019. Since then, he has continued to have an effective presence in parliament, even though he is not a member of the company.
Chairman of the House Health Committee
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