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7 things you should know about British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson
British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced his resignation as the leader of the Conservative Party and British prime minister on Thursday.
Johnson will however remain in office until a new leader who will assume office as the prime minister will be elected by the Conservative Party.
His resignation comes on the heels of a slew of scandals and mass resignations from his cabinet in recent days.
Below are seven things you should know about Boris Johnson:
1. Boris Johnson was born on June 19, 1964.
2. Johnson has been married three times with children.
3. He became a Member of Parliament in 2004, with the Tory leader at the time, Michael Howard, sacking him from his shadow cabinet for lying about an extra-marital affair.
4. From 2008 to 2016, he served two terms as mayor of London.
5. He was the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2016 to 2018.
6. He resigned from the position of foreign secretary after becoming a prominent figure in the successful Vote Leave campaign for Brexit in the 2016 European Union membership referendum.
7. He is the first British prime minister to be sanctioned for breaking the law while in office for breaching COVID-19 regulations.
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