BiggieSMLZ/sandbox 6 | |
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2022–present | |
Date formed | 6 September 2022 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Deputy Prime Minister | Dominic Raab |
Member party | |
Status in legislature |
Majority 357 / 650 (55%) |
Opposition cabinet | |
Opposition party | |
Opposition leader |
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History | |
Legislature terms | 2019 UK Parliament |
Predecessor | Second Johnson ministry |
Rishi Sunak was invited by Queen Elizabeth II – two days before the monarch's death – to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister of the United Kingdom on 6 September 2022. Johnson had resigned as the leader of the Conservative Party on 7 July 2022 and resigned as prime minister on 6 September 2022 following the election of Sunak as the new leader of the Conservative Party on 5 September 2022. The Sunak ministry was formed from the 2019 Parliament of the United Kingdom, as a Conservative majority government. With Queen Elizabeth's death on 8 September 2022, Sunak became the first prime minister to serve under more than one monarch since Winston Churchill in 1952.
Party key | Conservative |
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BiggieSMLZ/sandbox 6 | |
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2022–present | |
Date formed | 6 September 2022 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Deputy Prime Minister | Dominic Raab |
Member party | |
Status in legislature |
Majority 357 / 650 (55%) |
Opposition cabinet | |
Opposition party | |
Opposition leader |
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History | |
Legislature terms | 2019 UK Parliament |
Predecessor | Second Johnson ministry |
Rishi Sunak was invited by Queen Elizabeth II – two days before the monarch's death – to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister of the United Kingdom on 6 September 2022. Johnson had resigned as the leader of the Conservative Party on 7 July 2022 and resigned as prime minister on 6 September 2022 following the election of Sunak as the new leader of the Conservative Party on 5 September 2022. The Sunak ministry was formed from the 2019 Parliament of the United Kingdom, as a Conservative majority government. With Queen Elizabeth's death on 8 September 2022, Sunak became the first prime minister to serve under more than one monarch since Winston Churchill in 1952.
Party key | Conservative |
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