鲍里斯・约翰逊被任命为英国外交部长
Former Mayor of London Boris Johnson was Wednesday night appointed Foreign Secretary by Britain's new Prime Minister Theresa May.
伦敦前市长鲍里斯·约翰逊周三晚被新任首相特雷莎·梅任命为外交部长。
Until now a back-bencher, the promotion will cascade Johnson onto the world stage. Johnson served as Mayor of London from 2008 until this year when he was replaced by Sadiq Khan. He was elected last year as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, but had served previously as an MP from 2001, resigning in 2008 when he became Mayor of London.
He has taken over the job from Philip Hammond who has replaced George Osborne as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
May has also created a new cabinet job, Secretary of State for Brexit, likely to be called the Brexit Secretary, tasked with steering Britain out of Europe following last month's referendum vote.
The job has been handed to David Davis who has previously served as a Europe Minister. Current Defense Secretary Michael Fallon has kept his job.
After Cameron resigned as prime minister following the Remain camp's defeat in the EU referendum, Johnson had been tipped as a favorite to replace him at 10 Downing Street. But on the day nominations closed Johnson caused a shock by announcing he had decided not to stand in the leadership contest.