LONDON (AP) – A Conservative leadership contest will take place in coming weeks after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Thursday he is resigning as the party’s leader – though he will continue to serve as prime minister until a successor is elected by party members.
A look at the candidates who could succeed Johnson as party leader and prime minister:
SUELLA BRAVERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL
Braverman, a lawmaker and barrister who became England’s attorney general in 2020, was the first to put her hat in the ring. She publicly announced Wednesday that she would seek to become the leader of Britain’s Conservatives.
The 42-year-old told a television interviewer she wanted to run for prime minister because she and her family, who arrived in Britain as immigrants, “owe a debt of gratitude to this country.”