British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has been elected as the new Prime Minister. She will be the third woman to hold that position. Before that, Theresa May (2016-2019) and Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990).
The MP was chosen by Conservative Party members who voted across the UK. He competed for the seat with former finance minister Rishi Sunak.
Who is Liz Truss: The 47-year-old foreign minister has become very popular in the ranks of the Conservative Party.
He was appointed head of diplomacy for his work as Minister for International Trade during Brexit, which resulted in the UK’s departure from the European Union. She was the second woman to hold the British Foreign Office.
In office, he managed to close a number of key post-Brexit trade deals. Its strict line on the invasion of Ukraine or the EU’s threats to break the Northern Ireland deal are appealing to some conservatives.
Before being elected chancellor, she was also minister for women’s equality and finance. She also served as Environment Secretary in the David Cameron government and Minister of Justice during Theresa May’s tenure.
Boris Johnson faced scandals until he left his post. In that case The British Prime Minister has announced that he is stepping down after an intense crisis that caused more than 50 members of the government – ministers, secretaries and deputies – to leave their posts over alleged “lack of confidence” in his administration.
The crisis was triggered by Boris admitting he had made a “mistake” in appointing Chris Pincher to an important parliamentary post. The conservative politician was accused of sexual harassment and resigned after admitting to harassing two men, including a MP, while drunk at a private club in central London.
Boris even survived the no-confidence vote put forward by the party in June as a result of the so-called “party gate” process for parties held in Downing Street, the center of British power, during the national lockdown, which created a scandal in the United Kingdom. by Covid-19. . So Boris Johnson was immune to a no-confidence vote for another year. However, this assurance was not enough and the scandal involving Pincher caused the prime minister to resign.
* With information from AFP and BBC
source: Noticias
