The new British Prime Minister is Liz Truss

Foreign minister Liz (Elizabeth) Truss is the new chairman of the British Conservative Party. He also becomes the prime minister of the country.

In his short victory speech, Truss thanked his supporters and his predecessor Boris Johnsonwhom he praised as much as the president of Russia for completing the British exit from the EU Vladimir Putin also about resisting.

Truss said that he would immediately take action to solve the energy crisis. In addition, the new British Prime Minister promised to fulfill the promises he made to his supporters.

– I have bold plans for both tax cuts and growing the British economy, Truss said.

However, Truss did not elaborate on what kind of actions are involved in practice.

Truss received more than 81,000 votes in the Conservative membership vote. His opponent, the former finance minister Rishi Sunak got about 60,000 votes.

The election result was announced Sir Graham Brady, who heads the 1922 Committee of Conservative MPs. The committee plays a key role when the party chooses a new chairman, who in this case also becomes the new British Prime Minister.

Sunak, who lost the vote, stated on Monday afternoon On Twitter (you will switch to another service), that when difficult times are looming, the party must stand united behind the new prime minister. The outgoing Prime Minister Johnson also called on members of the Conservative Party to support Truss 100%.

Several world leaders have already had time to congratulate Truss.

For example, the president of the EU Commission Ursula von der LeyenChancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi have already offered their congratulations.

Both von der Leyen and Scholz stressed that they look forward to working with Truss “in these difficult times”. Von der Leyen also emphasized that he expects Britain to comply with Brexit-related agreements during the Truss period.

The British conservatives had to start a new selection process when the increasingly unpopular Boris Johnson announced on July 7 that he would resign from his position.

Prior to this, numerous ministers, among them Rishi Sunak, had resigned from Johnson’s government. Truss remained in his position as Foreign Secretary.

After Johnson’s resignation announcement, several Conservative MPs entered the race for the position of chairman and prime minister.

The election began to be carried out by the party’s MPs. In the voting, the least popular candidates were eliminated. In the end, there were only three candidates left. Sunak secured his seat easily, but Truss came close to losing the position of Deputy Minister for Trade To Penny Mordaunt.

The final choice will be made by members of the Conservative Party, of whom around 150,000 have registered for this election.

After Sir Graham announced the candidate with the most votes, he gave a speech, but did not answer reporters’ questions.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, the change of power is to take place formally. The new chairman of the country’s main party meets the queen Elizabeth’swho appoints him prime minister.

Under normal circumstances, this should take place at Buckingham Palace in London. The elderly queen is currently staying at the royal family’s summer residence, Balmoral Castle in Scotland. The future prime minister will therefore travel there.

Outgoing Prime Minister Johnson speaks in the morning in front of 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister’s official residence.

The matter was fixed on 5.9. 1.14 pm: The other candidate’s name is Rishi Sunak, not Trishi Sunak.