boris johnson took over as foreign secretary in 2016.
boris johnson took over as foreign secretary in 2016.
who took over as foreign secretary in 2016?
boris johnson
upon becoming prime minister, may appointed former mayor of london boris johnson to foreign secretary, former secretary of state for energy and climate change amber rudd to home secretary, and former shadow home secretary david davis to the newly created office of "brexit secretary." her choice of boris johnson for foreign secretary raised eyebrows, and drew some criticism from the press. liam fox and philip hammond, both of whom had previously served as secretary of state for defence (fox in 2010–11 and hammond in 2011–14), with hammond having served as foreign secretary in 2014–16, were appointed to the newly created office of international trade secretary and chancellor, respectively. replacing michael gove, elizabeth truss was made justice secretary, the "first female lord chancellor in the thousand-year history of the role". andrea leadsom, who was energy minister and may's primary competitor for party leader, was made the new secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs. however, former northern ireland secretary theresa villiers resigned from cabinet after may offered her a post which was "not one which i felt i could take on".
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foreign secretary may refer to:









































bullet::::- foreign secretary (bangladesh), the senior civil servant in the ministry of foreign affairs









































bullet::::- foreign secretary (india), the senior civil servant in the ministry of external affairs









































bullet::::- foreign secretary (pakistan), the senior civil servant in the ministry of foreign affairs









































bullet::::- foreign secretary (sri lanka), the permanent secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs









































bullet::::- secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs, the senior cabinet minister who heads the foreign and commonwealth office in the united kingdom









































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