Boris Johnson

The Right Honourable Boris Johnson MP
Johnson in 2019
55th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office 24 July 2019 – 6 September 2022
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Deputy	Vacant (2019–2021) Dominic Raab (2021–2022)
Preceded by	Theresa May
Succeeded by	Liz Truss
16th Leader of the Conservative Party
In office 23 July 2019 – 5 September 2022
Chairman	James Cleverly Ben Elliot Amanda Milling Andrew Stephenson
Preceded by	Theresa May
Succeeded by	Liz Truss
15th Commonwealth Chair-in-Office
In office 24 July 2019 – 24 June 2022
Head	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Theresa May
Succeeded by	Paul Kagame
62nd Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office 13 July 2016 – 9 July 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Philip Hammond
Succeeded by	Jeremy Hunt
2nd Mayor of London
In office 4 May 2008 – 9 May 2016
Deputy Mayor	Richard Barnes Victoria Borwick Roger Evans
Preceded by	Ken Livingstone
Succeeded by	Sadiq Khan
Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip
In office 7 May 2015 – 12 June 2023
Preceded by	John Randall
Succeeded by	Steve Tuckwell
Member of Parliament for Henley
In office 7 June 2001 – 4 June 2008
Preceded by	Michael Heseltine
Succeeded by	John Howell
Personal details
Born	Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (1964-06-19) 19 June 1964 (age 60) New York City, New York, US
Citizenship	British United States (1964–2016)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Allegra Mostyn-Owen (m. 1987; ann. 1993) Marina Wheeler (m. 1993; div. 2020) Carrie Symonds (m. 2021)
Children	7 or more.
Parents	Stanley Johnson (father) Charlotte Fawcett (mother)
Relatives	Rachel Johnson (sister) Jo Johnson (brother) James Fawcett (grandfather) Ali Kemal (great grandfather)
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Balliol College, University of Oxford
Signature
Website	Official website

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson MP (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and journalist. He was the 55th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the 16th Leader of the Conservative Party from 23 July 2019 to 5 September 2022.^[1] Johnson was the Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip from 2015 to 2023. He represented the constituency of Henley from 2001 to 2008.

In the 2008 Mayor of London election he was elected as London's second Mayor. He stopped working as mayor to run as an MP for the House of Commons in 2015. In July 2016, Johnson became Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. He resigned this position in July 2018. This was the same day that David Davis resigned as Brexit Secretary.^[2] Jeremy Hunt became the Secretary of State for Foreign affairs and Commonwealth Affairs after Johnson.

Johnson served on the Conservative front bench under Michael Howard for a short time. He was the Shadow Minister for the Arts from April 2004 until November 2004. He became a backbencher again after a sex scandal. Johnson returned to the front bench when David Cameron became leader of the Conservative Party in 2005. Johnson became Shadow Minister for Higher Education. He resigned as editor of The Spectator to spend more time on his new role. On 26 August 2014, Johnson said he would stand as Conservative candidate for MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in the 2015 General Election.^[3] He won the election. He did not run for the 2016 London mayoral election. Labour candidate Sadiq Khan became the new London mayor.

Johnson was in support of Brexit during the 2016 membership referendum. The vote decided that the United Kingdom would leave the European Union. Theresa May became the new Prime Minister. She chose Johnson as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in July 2016. Johnson left May's cabinet in July 2018 after her Brexit agreements failed.

Johnson became the party leader in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election.^[4] On 20 June, Johnson and Jeremy Hunt became the last two candidates in the election.^[5] He became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 24 July 2019. The Conservatives won the 2019 United Kingdom general election on 13 December 2019. Johnson continued as Prime Minister. In early April 2020, Johnson was very sick due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6][7] In June 2022, Johnson survived a motion-of-no confidence to remove him as Prime Minister. However a month later on 7 July, after many cabinet members resigned over his handling of the Chris Pincher scandal, Johnson announced his resignation as Prime Minister and was replaced by Liz Truss in September 2022. However a month later, following his Truss's resignation, Johnson was seen as a possible candidate to replace her. He chose not to run again despite expectations.

1. ↑ Lawless, Jill; Kirka, Danica (2019-07-23). "Boris Johnson chosen as new UK leader, now faces Brexit test". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
2. ↑ "Brexit secretary David Davis resigns plunging government into crisis". TheGuardian.com. 9 July 2018.
3. ↑ de Peyer, Robin (26 August 2014). "Boris Johnson declares he will stand in Uxbridge and South Ruislip". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
4. ↑ "Boris Johnson confirms bid for Tory leadership". BBC News. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
5. ↑ "Johnson and Hunt left in Tory leader race". BBC News. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
6. ↑ "PM Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus". BBC News. 2020-03-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
7. ↑ "Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock in self-isolation with coronavirus". The Guardian. 2020-03-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.