Mr Gove had stood against Mrs May to replace David Cameron as Conservative leader but fell in the second round of voting.
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Taking to Twitter after his removal, Whittingdale said it had been a “privilege” to serve as culture secretary and wished his successor “every success”, adding that he would continue to support the creative industries.
The appointment of Mr Johnson as Foreign Secretary shocked Westminster and the wider world.
The scope of Mrs May’s unexpectedly wide-ranging reshuffle carried echoes of the infamous “Night of the Long Knives” in 1962 when Harold Macmillan sacked seven Cabinet ministers.
Philip Hammond was named chancellor, with Amber Rudd moving from energy to Home Secretary. “Best of luck to the new government – MG”.
Prominent pro-Brexit campaigner Michael Gove has been sacked from his cabinet post of justice secretary by Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May, Sky News reported on Thursday citing sources. It has had a shock as a result of the decision on June 23 to leave the European Union.
Speaking after his appointment on Wednesday, Mr Johnson told BBC News: “Obviously very, very humbled, very, very proud to be offered this chance”.
They will have been summoned by the new Prime Minister for a meeting.
Her responsibilities in the role have included tacking modern slavery, organised crime and abuse and exploitation.
The humiliated Justice Secretary paid the ultimate price for knifing Boris Johnson out of the Tory leadership race.
“I don’t think that that’s the kind of behaviour of a British Foreign Secretary”.
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He joins Michael Gove, Nicky Morgan, and Oliver Letwin in the political wilderness while Jeremy Hunt is being moved out of the Department for Health.
