He also made a reference to the reason behind his untimely resignation, which came about as a result of the Brexit vote in the June 23 referendum. May, 59, became the sole candidate for the role when her rival, Andrea Leadsom, pulled out of the leadership race Monday.
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May has rung the changes in appointing her first 6 ministers, including the surprise nomination of Brexit campaign figurehead Boris Johnson as foreign secretary and other “Leave” campaigners filling posts.
Philip Hammond, who had been Foreign Secretary, has succeeded George Osborne as Finance Minister, who has resigned.
Theresa May moved to re-unite the nation and the Conservative Party after the divisive European Union referendum as she vowed to govern for struggling working class families rather than a “privileged few” on becoming Britain’s second woman prime minister. We will do everything we can to give you more control over your lives.
Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the executive European Commission which will work on the details of any new deal, said he hoped to meet May “in the near future” and hear how she plans to address the “new situation” created by the Brexit vote. She becomes the 13th prime minister of the Queen’s reign.
May had been a supporter of the campaign to keep Britain within the European Union but has indicated that she intends to honor the wishes of the British people and to take the country out of the bloc by invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
“First, the need for strong, proven leadership to steer us through what will be hard and uncertain economic and political times, the need, of course, to negotiate the best deal for Britain in leaving the European Union, and to forge a new role for ourselves in the world”, she said.
Schulz said the cabinet, like the one run by May’s predecessor David Cameron, is based on solving internal splits in the ruling centre-right Conservative Party rather than promoting the national interest.
Davis will be responsible for negotiating Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc with European leaders while former defense secretary Liam Fox was given a newly-created global trade ministry.
May, the second female prime minister after Margaret Thatcher, has repeatedly said that “Brexit means Brexit”.
“Economic uncertainty lingers”, it said.
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Earlier Wednesday, Cameron took questions from members of Parliament at the House of Commons, which ended in a standing ovation from lawmakers. “I will miss the barbs of the opposition”, Cameron said.
