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Boris Johnson

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Boris Johnson

b. 1964

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

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"Brexit Address to the Nation" — January 31, 2020

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Biography

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He was previously Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and the second mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and for Uxbridge and South Ruislip from 2015 to 2023.

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Timeline

1964
Birth

American-English journalist and politician, Mayor of London

June 19 →
2016
Event

le travailliste Sadiq Khan, fils d'immigrés pakistanais, est élu maire de Londres, et succède au conservateur Boris Johnson à cette fonction.

May 5 →
2019
Event

Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after defeating Jeremy Hunt in a leadership contest, succeeding Theresa May.

July 24 →
2019
Event

Au Royaume-Uni, à l'unanimité, la Cour suprême déclare illégale, nulle et sans effet la prorogation du Parlement par Boris Johnson.

September 24 →
2020
Event

Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the United Kingdom into its first national lockdown in response to COVID-19.

March 23 →
2022
Event

Boris Johnson announces his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party following days of pressure from the Members of Parliament (MPs) during the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.

July 7 →
2022
Event

Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and is replaced by Liz Truss. Their meetings with Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle were the Queen's final official duties before her death two days later.

September 6 →

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