Who’s in? Who’s out?
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Davis was the third Brexiter to be appointed to the cabinet, making May’s top team equally balanced on the issue of the European Union. Liam Fox was appointed the minister for worldwide trade.
Mrs. May has spoken of the need to reunite the Conservative Party after the European Union referendum, in which she backed a Remain vote.
Meanwhile, Michael Fallon will stay on as defence secretary.
Philip Hammond became chancellor, Amber Rudd is home secretary, and Eurosceptic David Davis is new Brexit secretary.
“David Cameron has led a one-nation government and it is in that spirit that I also plan to lead”, May said outside 10 Downing St.
“It’s not been an easy journey and, of course, we’ve not got every decision right but I do believe today our country is much stronger”, the 49-year-old said.
US Secretary of State John Kerry called his new British counterpart Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Thursday as the anti-EU minister’s appointment raised heckles in Europe.
President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Boris Johnson will likely be “more diplomatic” as the head of the British Foreign Office than his predecessors, the RIA Novosti news agency reported on Thursday.
Boris Johnson has been made foreign secretary by Theresa May, just hours after she became Britain’s second female prime minister.
Johnson campaigned successfully for Britons to vote to leave the European Union last month.
She is expected to quickly unveil a new Cabinet line-up, including a minister in charge of implementing Brexit.
In another action-packed day at Westminster, which saw David Cameron formally resign after his final Prime Minister’s Questions, Mrs May outlined her vision for government.
With his wife, Samantha, and their three children beside him, the outgoing prime minister gave an emotional address before going to Buckingham Palace to deliver his resignation to the Queen.
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The news came in a brief Downing Street statement, reading: “The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP as chancellor of the exchequer”. The Conservative Party was also sharply divided, with some members campaigning to leave the bloc and others campaigning to remain.
