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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He was previously Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.
This is a list of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by age. This table can be sorted to display prime ministers of the United Kingdom by name, order of office, date of birth, age at appointment, length of retirement, or lifespan. Age at appointment is determined by the day a prime minister assumed office for the first time. Length of retirement is determined from the day a prime minister ...
Boris Johnson: 2019 to 2022 New York City, New York United States: Liz Truss: 2022 Oxford, Oxfordshire England: Rishi Sunak: 2022 to 2024 Southampton, Hampshire England: Keir Starmer: 2024 to present Southwark, London England
Boris Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 24 July 2019 when he accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, succeeding Theresa May, and ended on 6 September 2022 upon his resignation.
Dates of birth sort by month and day † = Colony, pre–1776, rather than state. Birth order Vice President Date of birth Birthplace Place † of birth In office 1: John Adams: October 30, 1735: Braintree: Massachusetts † (1st) April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797: 2: George Clinton: July 26, 1739: Little Britain: New York †
The most popular degree course with future prime ministers is Classics, read by 7 PMs (Robert Peel to Boris Johnson). Six prime ministers read PPE (Harold Wilson to Rishi Sunak). The first prime minister never to have been a university graduate was the Duke of Devonshire (served 1756–1757); the most recent is John Major (served 1990–1997).
Ian Katz, Channel 4’s chief content officer, said: “However the story of Boris Johnson’s political career ends, he has done more to change Britain and the nature of our politics than any ...
Boris Johnson was a member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip from 2015 to 2023 and was the prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022. He also served as the mayor of London from 2008 to 2016 and the foreign secretary from 2016 to 2018.