Boris Johnson .. 3 turbulent years in power
Boris Johnson took office in the summer of 2019 after the election chief won and has been prime minister for three years.
But the man whose credibility has been weakened by scandals, was forced to announce his resignation from the leadership of the Conservative Party while remaining at the head of the government until a successor was chosen.
July 2019: Big Victory
Boris Johnson was elected leader of the Conservative Party on July 23, 2019 after a landslide victory against Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
The next day Queen Elizabeth II appointed him prime minister and promised a speedy exit from the European Union.
January 2020: The Brexit champ
In December 2019 the hugely popular Johnson won a historic Conservative majority in the House of Commons in an early legislative election.
MPs approved the Brexit deal and on January 31, 2020, three and a half years after the referendum, the United Kingdom left the European Union.
April 2020: Pandemic and Intensive Care
On March 27, the Prime Minister announced that he had tested positive for the Corona virus after showing mild symptoms.
On the fifth of April, he was transferred to the hospital, and then to the intensive care unit, where he spent three days.
April 2021: The first scandals
The Prime Minister has faced criticism since the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic for his management of the crisis, especially accused of being slow to respond.
In April 2021, he denied that he had made controversial statements opposing the imposition of impeachment for the third time.
He also faced a promotional issue affecting some members of his government and a controversy over costly funding to renovate the apartment he occupies as prime minister.
May 2021: Elections consolidate its position
, however, the Conservative Party led the Labor Party in local elections on May 6, 2021, during which it captured their historic stronghold in Hartlepool in the north-east of England.
December 2021: The party gate scandal
at the beginning of December began to accumulate information about parties organized by the authority in violation of the law during the implementation of quarantine procedures.
The British condemned double standards while the Prime Minister had just announced the tightening of restrictions.
The list of concerts was extended in the following weeks and investigations were opened.
On April 12, Boris Johnson announced that police had fined him for breaking the law - a precedent for a sitting Prime Minister - for participating in a June 2020 birthday party at Downing Street.
He had various clarifications but assured Parliament that he had not broken the rules.
May 2022: Election setback
The scandal damages the prime minister's popularity, and Britons, choked by inflation, say they feel the Conservatives have been defeated in local elections on May 5.
June 2022: No-confidence vote
Boris Johnson survives a June 6 no-confidence vote from members of his Conservative Party called out by the "party scandal".
More than forty percent of MPs said they no longer trust the prime minister, reflecting the scale of discontent.
- July 2022: Sex scandals A series
of sexual scandals were added to the party scandal, in which conservatives were involved, especially the case of a deputy suspected of rape who was arrested and then released on bail in mid-May, and a parliamentarian who was sentenced in May to 18 months in prison for sexually assaulting an escort.
On July 5 Boris Johnson apologized and admitted "a mistake" when appointing in February to his cabinet Chris Pincher in charge of Parliamentary Discipline for Conservative MPs when he was informed of accusations of a sexual nature.
July 2022: Bulk Resignations
On the same day, two high-ranking ministers resigned, tired of scandals.
They were followed within hours by a torrent of resignations within the government.
On July 7, Johnson, 58, resigned from his position as leader of the Conservative Party, to remain in the position of Prime Minister until a replacement is elected.
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