• United Kingdom Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom: "No one is indispensable in political life"

British diplomat

Liz Truss

announced on Sunday her candidacy to succeed Prime Minister

Boris Johnson

, who resigned this week after a series of scandals.

"I will fight this election as a Conservative and I will govern as a Conservative," Truss, 46, told the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

The British Foreign Minister, one of the favorites, joins ten other candidates in the race for the leadership of

the Conservative Party

- the party with the majority in the House of Commons - and, therefore, of Downing Street.

Following his announcement, Deputy

Rehman Chishti

also stood as a candidate.

Johnson stepped down as leader of the Conservative Party on Thursday but will remain as prime minister until his successor is chosen.

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