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Boris Johnson

The Right Honourable
Boris Johnson
MP
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Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Assumed office
13 July 2016
Prime Minister Theresa May
Preceded by Philip Hammond
2nd Mayor of London
In office
4 May 2008 – 9 May 2016
Deputy Richard Barnes
Victoria Borwick
Roger Evans
Preceded by Ken Livingstone
Succeeded by Sadiq Khan
Shadow Minister for Higher Education
In office
6 December 2005 – 16 July 2007
Leader David Cameron
Preceded by Stephen O'Brien
Succeeded by Rob Wilson
Shadow Minister for the Arts
In office
14 April 2004 – 17 November 2004
Leader Michael Howard
Shadowing Estelle Morris
Preceded by Gerald Howarth
Succeeded by Tony Baldry
Member of Parliament
for Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded by John Randall
Majority 10,695 (23.9%)
Member of Parliament
for Henley
In office
9 June 2001 – 4 June 2008
Preceded by Michael Heseltine
Succeeded by John Howell
Personal details
Born Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
(1964-06-19) 19 June 1964 (age 52)
New York City
Citizenship United Kingdom
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s)
Children 5
Residence 1 Carlton Gardens
Alma mater Balliol College, Oxford
Religion Anglicanism
Website Commons website

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson PC MP (born 19 June 1964), known as Boris Johnson, is a British politician, popular historian, author, and journalist. He has been UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs since July 2016 and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency since May 2015. He had previously been an MP for the Henley constituency from 2001 to 2008 and was later Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Conservative Party, Johnson identifies as a "one-nation conservative" and has been associated with both economically and socially liberal policies.

Born in New York City to wealthy upper-middle class English parents, Johnson was educated at the European School of Brussels, Ashdown House School, and Eton College. He studied Classics at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was elected president of the Oxford Union in 1986. Beginning his career in journalism at The Times before being sacked for inventing a quote, he later became The Daily Telegraph's Brussels correspondent, with his articles exerting a strong influence on growing Eurosceptic sentiment among the British right-wing. He was assistant editor from 1994 to 1999 before taking the editorship of The Spectator from 1999 to 2005. Joining the Conservatives, he was elected MP for Henley in 2001, and under Michael Howard and David Cameron he was in the Shadow Cabinet. Mostly adhering to the Conservatives' party line, he nevertheless adopted a more socially liberal stance on issues like LGBT rights in parliamentary votes. Making regular television appearances, writing books, and remaining active in journalism, Johnson became one of the most conspicuous politicians in Britain.


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