Full Name: Boris Johnson
Date of Birth:19 June 1964
Place of Birth: New York City, US
Citizenship:United Kingdom
Residence: 10 Downing Street
Education: Eton College
University: Balliol College, Oxford
Occupation: Politician
Political party: Conservative
Parents: Stanley Johnson, Charlotte Fawcett
Spouse: Allegra Mostyn-Owen (m. 1987–1993) Marina Wheeler (m. 1993; div. 2020)
Boris Johnson Biography:
- Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson born 19 June 1964. It is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019.
- Johnson was educated at Eton College and studied Classics at Balliol College, Oxford. He was elected President of the Oxford Union in 1986.
- In 1989, he became the Brussels correspondent, and later political columnist, for The Daily Telegraph, where his articles exerted a strong Eurosceptic influence on the British right.
- He was editor of The Spectator magazine from 1999 to 2005.
- After being elected to Parliament in 2001, Johnson was a shadow minister under Conservative leaders Michael Howard and David Cameron.
- In 2008, he was elected Mayor of London and resigned from the House of Commons; he was re-elected as mayor in 2012.
- He also banned alcohol consumption on much of London’s public transport.
In the 2015 election, Johnson was elected MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip. - He became a prominent figure in the successful Vote Leave campaign for Brexit in the 2016 EU membership referendum.
- He was appointed foreign secretary by Theresa May after the referendum; he resigned the position two years later in protest at May’s approach to Brexit and the Chequers Agreement.
- After May resigned in 2019, he was elected Conservative leader and appointed prime minister.