British Foreign Minister Liz Truss, who was elected as the new leader of the ruling British Conservative Party, will take over as Prime Minister, succeeding Boris Johnson, who resigned due to a series of internal political scandals in recent months.
Truss became leader of the Conservative Party after winning a months-long election process, and with the party in government, the new leader will also serve as Prime Minister.
To make this official, it is necessary to II. Queen Elizabeth formally appoints Liz Truss to form the government.
Contrary to what has been the custom in past decades, this time the ceremony will not be held at Buckingham Palace in London, but rather at the Queen’s summer residence in Scotland, at Balmoral Castle, more than 800 kilometers north of London, where the Queen traditionally resides. July to October.
The 96-year-old monarch, who has been on the throne of the United Kingdom for 70 years, has been suffering from mobility problems for months, which is why the decision was made to receive Johnson and his chosen successor at Balmoral.
Truss and Johnson travel to Balmoral on Tuesday. Here, for the first time, Johnson contributes the second part. In front of Queen Elizabeth, who officially informs him that he will leave the presidency of the government.
The Governor then receives Liz Truss, the new leader of the Conservative Party, and asks her if she would like to form the new government, and after answering in the affirmative, appoints the former Foreign Secretary to the position of Prime Minister.
Winner of the second Conservative Party leadership election. He will be Queen Elizabeth's fifteenth Prime Minister.
Liz Truss – who will become the UK's third female prime minister after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May – will return to London on Tuesday and will likely form her new government.
What is certain about the new government is that Priti Patel, the former Home Secretary, will not be a member of it, and she announced her resignation from her ministerial position in a letter she addressed to Johnson on Monday evening.
(MTI)
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has been elected new leader of the British Conservative Party
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