Davis has previously said that Britain should take a “brisk but measured” approach to exit talks with the EU.
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White House spokesman John Earnest said the United States congratulates May and he noted she is familiar to many in Washington.
A spokesperson for May said, “It was Theresa who set up the campaign to elect more female MPs to parliament, and she has always believed that there should be more women in prominent government positions”. More mischievously, some pundits say the more pressing his worldwide duties, the less opportunity he has to harm the new leadership at home.
On her first full day in office, May removed Cameron allies including former Chancellor George Osborne and Michael Gove, the justice secretary who himself had run for Conservative leader.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who campaigned against Brexit, congratulated May and urged her to address aspects of Britain’s post-EU future such as the capital’s economy and status of European Union citizens in Britain.
May will be Britain’s second female Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher, who held office from 1979 to 1990.
“The number one challenge is to stabilize the economy, send signals of confidence about the future, the plans we have for the future, to the markets, to businesses, to global investors”, Hammond told Sky News.
Cameron, 49, quit after Britain voted to leave the European Union in a June 23 referendum he called in an attempt to stop his Conservative Party “banging on about Europe” but sensationally lost.
“And I wish her well in negotiating the best possible terms for Britain’s exit from the European Union”.
In a final statement in front of the prime minister’s Downing Street office, flanked by his wife and children, he said it had been “the greatest honour of my life” to serve as premier for the past six years.
The most notable was former London Mayor Boris Johnson, who was given the meaty job of foreign secretary, Britain’s top diplomatic post.
Not only does Britain’s new prime minister have to deal with the details of avoiding a messy divorce from the union, she must also face stiff challenges on immigration, terrorism, public services and Scottish restlessness.
May’s spokeswoman said she had spoken by phone to European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker, explaining that Britain would not be triggering the exit process immediately.
Among those drawing the wartime analogy is the historian Peter Snowdon, an authority on Conservative politics whose new book, Cameron at 10: The Verdict, co-written with Anthony Seldon, was rush-released on Thursday.
“The composition of the new cabinet [under May] shows that it has less to do with the future of the country than it does with the ensuring the cohesion within the Tory party”, Schulz said in an interview with German newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, to be published on Friday.
“Free access to the common market means, among other things, accepting other fundamental freedoms such as the freedom of movement”, said Juergen Hardt.
“She wants to make Brexit a success”, said Mr Snowdon.
The comments came before the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted not to cut interest rates in a bid to stimulate the economy.
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Hammond told ITV that while there is no plan for an emergency budget, “the markets do need signals of reassurance, they need to know we will do whatever is necessary to keep the economy on track”.
