BORIS Johnson’s landslide victory in the Tory leadership race has propelled him to Prime Minister.
Within a matter of hours Johnson had formed a Brexiteer-heavy cabinet to back his bid to leave the EU in the next 100 days. Here’s who they are.
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Who is in Boris Johnson’s Cabinet?
First Secretary of State – Dominic Raab
Chancellor – Sajid Javid
Home Secretary – Priti Patel
Foreign Secretary – Dominic Raab
Defence Secretary – Ben Wallace
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union – Stephen Barclay
Secretary of State for International Trade – Liz Truss
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice – Robert Buckland
Secretary of State for Education – Gavin Williamson
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – Andrea Leadsom
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care – Matt Hancock
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Amber Rudd
Minister for Women and Equalities – Amber Rudd
Leader of the House of Lords – Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
Secretary of State for Transport – Grant Shapps
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government – Robert Jenrick
Secretary of State for Scotland – Alister Jack
Secretary of State for Wales – Alun Cairns
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland – Julian Smith
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Theresa Villiers
Secretary of State for International Development – Alok Sharma
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport – Nicky Morgan
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – Michael Gove
Members who will also attend cabinet meetings:
Leader of the House of Commons – Not yet announced
Chief Whip in the House of Commons, Parliament Secretary to the Treasury – Mark Spencer
Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Not yet announced
Attorney General – Geoffrey Cox QC
Minister of State for the Home Office – Not yet announced
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What did Boris Johnson say about the appointments?
Boris Johnson is yet to speak about his appointments in detail.
But he did tweet as he was officially appointed Prime Minister: “Thank you all for the incredible honour you have done me.
“The time for campaigning is over and the time for work begins to unite our country and party, deliver Brexit and defeat Corbyn.
“I will work flat out to repay your confidence”.
What did Boris Johnson say after his victory?
The new Tory leader will have just 100 days to deliver on his do-or-die promise to take Britain out of the EU on October 31 – after winning twice as many votes as his rival.
In a sharp break from buttoned-up Theresa May, BoJo used his victory speech to make a string of jokes as he pledged to unite the shattered Tory party.
He said: “We know the mantra of the campaign just gone by – deliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbyn and that’s what we’re going to do.
“Some wag has already pointed out ‘deliver, unite and defeat’ was not the best slogan because it spells out ‘dud’. But they forgot the final E – for ‘energise’!
“I say to my doubters – DUDE, we’re going to get Brexit done on October 31.”
Boris said he wouldn’t hold a General Election before 2022 and insisted: “I think our party seems in very good health.”
