Who are the candidates to succeed Boris Johnson as the "Prime Minister of Britain"?!

Who can replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of Britain?

Reuters has published a brief profile of those who have announced their desire to fill the position and others who could be potential candidates.

This race comes after Johnson announced the day before yesterday that he was about to resign, in response to the calls of his colleagues in the government and members of Parliament for his Conservative Party.

There is no more likely candidate, and the names were not made on that basis, and the rules governing the race for the leadership of the party will be announced next week:

* People who are confirmed to have entered the race

Kimi Badenouch: Badenouch was first elected to Parliament in 2017, and has held positions of Minister of State, including Minister of State for Equality, which she recently held, but she has not held positions in the Council of Ministers.

She also held the position of Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party.

It supported Britain's exit from the European Union in 2016.

Suila Braverman: Britain's pro-Brexit attorney general who has said she intends to run for office.

She came under fire from lawyers during her tenure after the government sought to violate international law on trade rules in post-Brexit Northern Ireland.

She campaigned for Brexit and served as minister of state under May but resigned in protest at the exit deal proposed by May, then prime minister, saying the deal did not go far enough in severing the EU.

Grant Shapps: First elected to Parliament in 2005, Shapps has served as Secretary of State for Transportation since Johnson took office in 2019. He previously held positions of Secretary of State and was Co-Chair of the Conservative Party.

Shapps was a staunch defender of Johnson, often sent to appear in the media on behalf of the government.

Announcing his candidacy in the Sunday Times, he said his goal was to tackle the cost-of-living crisis and that he would draw up an emergency budget during his first 100 days in office to cut taxes on the most vulnerable and provide government subsidies to companies with high levels of energy consumption.

Shapps backed remaining in the European Union before the 2016 referendum.

Rishi Sunak: Former British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Friday that he will be in the running to succeed Johnson.

"Someone has to seize this moment and make the right decision. That is why I am running to be the next Conservative leader and your prime minister," Sunak said in a video posted to Twitter advertising his candidacy.

Sunak, who was appointed finance minister in early 2020, was lauded for thanks to a rescue package for the economy during the coronavirus pandemic that included a job-saving program to prevent mass unemployment.

But he later faced criticism for not providing enough support to families with regard to the cost of living, as well as for his wealthy wife's tax status and the fine he received with Johnson for violating the Covid-19 lockdown rules, which changed his favourite.

His government policy of raising or collecting taxes to increase public spending set Britain last year on course to shoulder its heaviest tax burden since the 1950s, undermining his argument that he favored lower taxes.

Sunak voted to leave the European Union in 2016.

Tom Tugenhatt: Chairman of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee and a former army officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan has already indicated he would run in any race for office.

He was always critical of Johnson and would bring his party a complete break with previous governments.

But he was relatively untested because he had never held a cabinet position before.

He voted to remain in the European Union.

Nazim Al-Zahawi: He is the newly appointed Finance Minister who gained the title of Minister of Vaccines when Britain was one of the fastest countries in the world to launch vaccination programs to prevent Covid-19.

Zahawi's personal story as a former refugee from Iraq who came to Britain as a child set him apart from other conservative rivals.

He co-founded pollster YouGov before entering Parliament in 2010. His last position was education minister and he said last week that, at some point, it would be an "honour" for me to be prime minister.

He supported leaving the European Union.

Jeremy Hunt: The 55-year-old former secretary of state was second to Johnson in the 2019 leadership contest. He could offer a more serious and less controversial style of leadership after the turmoil of Johnson's tenure.

Over the past two years, Hunt has used his experience as a former health minister to chair Parliament's health committee and his image has not been tarnished by his service in the current government.

Earlier this year, he said his ambition to become prime minister "has not completely disappeared".

Hunt said he voted to oust Johnson during a confidence vote last month, which Johnson narrowly won.

Hunt backed remaining in the European Union before the 2016 vote. It is unclear whether he will feel the need to maintain a tough stance towards Brussels to win the support of Conservative voters or whether he can forge a more realistic relationship to improve post-Brexit trade.

Sajid Javid: He was the first minister to resign in protest of accusations that Johnson misled the public about what he knew about allegations of sexual harassment of a Conservative MP.

A former banker and free market supporter, he held several ministerial positions, most recently the Minister of Health.

He resigned as finance minister in Johnson's government in 2020.

The son of Pakistani Muslim immigrants and a fan of Margaret Thatcher, he came fourth in the competition to choose a prime minister to replace Theresa May in 2019.

Javid supported remaining in the European Union "without enthusiasm", saying he feared the repercussions of the vote to leave the European Union would add to the economic turmoil.

*Possible Candidates

Benny Mordaunt: Johnson fired the former defense secretary when he became prime minister, after she had supported his rival Hunt during the previous leadership race.

Mordaunt was a staunch supporter of leaving the European Union, and rose to fame by participating in a former diving reality TV show.

Mordaunt described the concerts organized at Government House in violation of the rules of the closure imposed to combat Covid, as "shameful."

She has previously expressed her loyalty to Johnson.

Mordaunt participated in the campaign to leave the European Union in 2016.

Liz Truss: The Secretary of State is a popular Tory grassroots figure who has regularly topped polls of party members conducted by the website Conservative Home.

Terrace has carefully drawn her public portrait, and was photographed in a tank last year, reminiscent of a famous 1986 photo of Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister, in such a pose.

The 46-year-old had campaigned against Brexit, but said after the referendum that she had changed her mind.

She spent the first two years of Johnson's premiership as international trade secretary championing Britain's exit from the European Union before she was appointed last year as Britain's chief negotiator with the European Union.

Trace is now in charge of dealing with the European Union over Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trade rules, and is taking an increasingly tough line in the negotiations.

On Tuesday, Truss said Johnson had her "100 percent support" and urged colleagues to support him.

After announcing his resignation on Thursday, Truss said Johnson made the right decision.

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