Boris Johnson resigned, but who can replace him?

He stepped down as party leader but plans to stay on as prime minister until the leadership contest is held.

Below are the names of some of those who can replace him. However, there is no clear favorite yet and they are not ranked by potential prospects.

Liz Truss

The Foreign Secretary is a favorite of the ruling Conservative Party. She has consistently topped polls conducted by the Conservative Home website.

Truss has carefully crafted her public image. She was photographed in a tank last year, echoing a famous 1986 photo of Britain’s first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher.

Truss, 46, spent the first two years of Johnson’s leadership as international trade secretary, backed BREXIT [daljen e Britanisë nga BE-ja] and, last year, was appointed Britain’s chief negotiator with the EU.

Truss said on Monday that Johnson has her “100% support” and asked colleagues to back him.

Jeremy Hunt

The former foreign secretary, 55, finished second to Johnson in the leadership race in 2019. He would offer a more serious and less controversial leadership style.

Over the past two years, Hunt has used his experience as a former health secretary to chair Parliament’s Health Committee.

Months ago, he said that his ambition to become prime minister “has not completely disappeared”. Hunt has said he voted to oust Johnson during a confidence vote last month, which Johnson narrowly won.

Ben Wallace

The Defense Minister, Ben Wallace, 52 years old, has become the most popular member of the Government in recent months, thanks to the handling of the crisis in Ukraine, estimates the website Conservative Home.

As a former soldier, he started his political career as a member of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. He was first elected to the Westminster Parliament in 2005.
He served as Minister of Security from 2016 until assuming his current role three years later.

Wallace has been widely praised after his department evacuated British nationals and allies from Afghanistan last year, and for sending weapons to Kiev.

Rishi Sunak

Sunak, who resigned as finance minister on Tuesday, saying the British public “rightly expects the Government to be run properly, competently and seriously”, until last year was the favorite to succeed Johnson .

He has been praised for an economic rescue package – following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic – which included a costly program to save jobs.

But Sunak has since faced criticism for allegedly not providing enough support to families.

The revelations about his wife’s tax status and a fine he received – along with Johnson – for breaking the rules of self-isolation from COVID, have damaged his position.

Sajid Javid

Javid was the first cabinet minister to resign in protest over allegations that Johnson misled the public about inappropriate sexual behavior by a Tory lawmaker.

As a former banker and supporter of free markets, Javid has served in a number of cabinet roles – most recently as health minister.

He has resigned as Johnson’s finance minister in 2020.

The son of Pakistani immigrant parents, he is an admirer of Thatcher and finished fourth in the 2019 leadership race.

Nadhim Zahawi

The newly appointed Finance Minister has made a good impression as Vaccines Minister at a time when Britain has been among the world’s fastest distributors of COVID vaccines.

Zahawi’s personal story, as a former refugee from Iraq who came to Britain as a child, sets him apart from other contenders. He co-founded polling company YouGov before entering Parliament in 2010.

His last job was Secretary of Education.

Zahawi said, last week, that it would be a “privilege” to become prime minister at some stage.

Penny Mordaunt

The former defense secretary was sacked by Johnson when he became prime minister after she backed his rival, Hunt, during the last leadership race.

Mordaunt has been an ardent supporter of Britain leaving the EU.

Currently, the new Minister of Trade, Mordaunt, has described as “shameful” some parties that have broken the rules of COVID, for which Johnson has also been fined.

Earlier, she had expressed her loyalty to Johnson.

Tom Tugendhat

The chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in Parliament, a former soldier who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, has already hinted that he will run in any leadership race.

He has been a consistent critic of Johnson and would offer his party a clear break from previous governments.

However, he is relatively untested because he has never served in the cabinet.

Suella Braverman

As the attorney general who has supported BREXIT, Braverman has said she will run for leadership.

She has been criticized by lawyers during her tenure as the Government has attempted to break international law in relation to post-BREXIT trade rules with Northern Ireland.

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