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Johnson attended 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, and from 1999 to 2005 he was the editor of The Spectator. Following his election to Parliament in 2001, he became a member of the shadow cabinets of Michael Howard and later David Cameron. Johnson was elected Mayor of London in 2008 and resigned from the House of Commons. He was re-elected mayor in 2012. In the 2015 general election he was elected MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, and the following year did not seek re-election as mayor. Johnson was a prominent figure in the successful Vote Leave campaign for Brexit in the 2016 European Union membership referendum. After the referendum, Prime Minister Theresa May appointed him foreign secretary in her cabinet. He resigned from the position in 2018 in protest at both the Chequers Agreement and May's approach to Brexit. Boris Johnson has signalled that Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, could face war crimes charges over the invasion of Ukraine. Johnson declined to describe the Chinese government's treatment of the Uyghur people as "genocide", despite use of the term by the United States. [648] Johnson's government argued that genocide should be decided by the International Criminal Court. [649] Nevertheless, he called what is happening to the Uyghurs in Xinjiang as "utterly abhorrent". [648] Main articles: Second Johnson ministry, 2020 British cabinet reshuffle, and 2021 British cabinet reshuffle Johnson appointed Rishi Sunak (right) as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the February 2020 cabinet reshuffle

But others who worked for, alongside or actively against him as mayor are less beguiled by the prospect of Johnson as prime minister. Jenny Jones, a deputy mayor under Livingstone who was a London assembly member during Johnson’s tenure, said: “A lot of us like him because he is charming and funny, and good to have a cup of coffee with, but none of us trust him. Johnson has been described as a divisive and controversial figure in British politics. [784] [785] [786] Supporters have praised him as humorous, witty, and entertaining. [7] Johnson has been accused of lying or making untruthful or misleading statements throughout his career, [787] and has been compared to former US president Donald Trump. [788] [789] [790] [791] He has been considered a figure with broad appeal outside of the usual Conservative support base. [792] Johnson's premiership has been described by historians as the most controversial and scandal-affected since that of David Lloyd George about a century earlier. [793] Personal life In response to the video of Wild questioning Davie, former Conservative MP Anna Soubry tweeted that “the toes of sensible Tories will be curling up to their knees”, but the party she once imagined herself to belong to has, it seems, long gone. The one that has replaced it knows there are votes in such calculated acts of patriotic earnestness, toe-curling or not.Johnson condemned the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, [378] comparing the situation with the displacement of Palestinians in 1948. [379] Johnson supported the Turkish invasion of northern Syria aimed at ousting the Syrian Kurds from the enclave of Afrin. [380] Johnson meeting with Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran in December 2017 Boris Johnson told ministers it is “a dark day in the history of our continent” following the invasion of Ukraine during a Cabinet meeting which followed a Cobra meeting. Johnson said Vladimir Putin has launched “a cynical and brutal invasion for his own vainglorious ends”, a No 10 spokesman said. In September 2018, Johnson and Wheeler issued a statement confirming that after 25 years of marriage they had separated "several months ago" and had begun divorce proceedings. [839] They reached a financial settlement in February 2020, [840] and the divorce was finalised in 2020. [841] Johnson's friends were largely from the wealthy upper classes; his best friends being Darius Guppy and Charles Spencer, both of whom later accompanied him at the University of Oxford and remained friends into adulthood. [58] Johnson excelled in English and the Classics, winning prizes in both, [59] and became secretary of the school debating society [60] and editor of the school newspaper, The Eton College Chronicle. [61] In late 1981, he became a member of Pop, [62] a small, self-selecting elite and glamorous group of prefects. Later in Johnson's career it was a point of rivalry with David Cameron, who had failed to enter Pop. After leaving Eton, Johnson went on a gap year to Australia, where he taught English and Latin at Timbertop, an Outward Bound-inspired campus of Geelong Grammar, an independent boarding school. [63] [64] [65] Polls suggested that while Livingstone's approach to transport was preferred, voters in London placed greater trust in Johnson over issues of crime and the economy. [284] During the 2012 Mayoral election, Johnson sought re-election, while Livingstone was selected as the Labour candidate again. Johnson's campaign emphasised the accusation that Livingstone was guilty of tax evasion, for which Livingstone called Johnson a "bare-faced liar". [285] The political scientist Andrew Crines believed that Livingstone's campaign focused on criticising Johnson rather than presenting an alternate and progressive vision of London's future. [286] In 2012, Johnson was re-elected as mayor. [287] Second term: 2012–2016 Johnson at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Purnell believed it was the influence of Johnson's maternal family, the left-wing Fawcetts, that led to him developing "a genuine abhorrence of racial discrimination". [755] In 2003, Johnson said of the EU, "I am not by any means an ultra- Eurosceptic. In some ways, I am a bit of a fan of the European Union. If we did not have one, we would invent something like it." [756] As Mayor of London, Johnson was known as a supporter of immigration. [756] From 2009, he advocated a referendum on Britain's EU membership. [756] [757] [758] It’s extraordinary that flags were raised ahead of Nadhim’s appointment by the Downing Street proprietary team,” one source said this weekend. “These sorts of concerns would stop someone receiving an MBE or OBE. The idea he could be chancellor or even prime minister is unbelievable”. In 1987, Johnson married Allegra Mostyn-Owen, daughter of the art historian William Mostyn-Owen and Italian writer Gaia Servadio. [826] The couple's marriage ended in divorce or annulment in 1993 [f] and 12 days later Johnson married Marina Wheeler, a barrister, daughter of journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler. [830] Five weeks later, Wheeler and Johnson's first child was born. [831] [832] The Wheeler and Johnson families have known each other for decades, [833] and Marina Wheeler was at the European School, Brussels, at the same time as her future husband. They have four children: Lara Lettice, Milo Arthur, Cassia Peaches, and Theodore Apollo. [834] But under the quietly efficient stewardship of the former Conservative council leaders Sir Simon Milton and later Sir Edward Lister as chiefs of staff, the ship was gradually steadied. The mayor could get on with the job of deciding what he wanted his mayoralty to achieve.On 9 June 2023, the publication of his 2022 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours led to a public feud with Rishi Sunak. [695] [696] Johnson supporter Nadine Dorries announced that she was resigning as an MP due to not being included as a peer on the published honours list. [697] On 6 June, Graham Brady announced that the threshold for a vote on Johnson's leadership had been passed; the vote was scheduled for later that same day. [589]

On 19 April 2022, Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle decided that MPs would vote, on 21 April, on whether Johnson should be referred to the Parliamentary Privileges Committee to investigate whether he knowingly misled Parliament. [583] This was waved through unopposed on 21 April. [584] In May 2022, Johnson readied a draft that would unilaterally change parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol, citing issues with medical supplies and cuts in VAT. One of the thornier points of contention involves safety regulations for food and plants, an area where the British government is opposed to a closer alignment with existing EU regulations. For its part, the EU has so far rebuffed the idea of changing the text of the treaty to accommodate the British. A unilateral override by the UK would be tantamount to a breach of the agreement. As Johnson sought a more conciliatory tone, sources within the government began to stress that the draft is designed to be an "insurance policy" and in any case would take years to become law. [661] Russia and Ukraine Johnson walks on a street of war-hit Kyiv along with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 10 April 2022 According to Downing Street insiders, Johnson was involved in instigating a party on the occasion of Lee Cain leaving Number 10. What had begun as press office drinks became a party after Johnson arrived, gave a speech and poured drinks for staff. Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner said, "If the latest reports are true, it would mean that not only did the prime minister attend parties, but he had a hand in instigating at least one of them. He has deliberately misled the British people at every turn. The prime minister has demeaned his office." [579] [580] [581] [582] After Russia began the world's first COVID-19 vaccination programme on 5December 2020, [518] Britain began its programme three days later. [519] NHS workers successfully ensured that half of UK adults had received at least their first vaccine dose by 20March 2021. [520]

Caroline Pidgeon, a Liberal Democrat London assembly member, said: “In his first term, he used to constantly quote Latin at us. ‘I’m intellectually superior’ – I think that’s his general approach. I’m above everything so I can do what I like.” Around the world, Johnson, Britain’s gaffe-prone former foreign secretary,has in the past caused raised eyebrows and outrage with his outspoken comments. During his period as mayor, Johnson expressed climate sceptical views in several columns. [744] [745] [746] In two Daily Telegraph columns published in 2012 and 2013, he conflated the distinction between weather and climate and highlighted a factually incorrect claim by weather forecaster and conspiracy theorist Piers Corbyn that reduced solar activity could lead to a "mini-Ice Age". [747] [746] In May 2023, Johnson was referred to the police by the Cabinet Office regarding previously unknown potential breaches of COVID regulations that occurred between June 2020 and May 2021, [693] to which Johnson's office issued a statement criticising the "unfounded suggestions" which "has all the hallmarks of yet another politically motivated stitch-up". [693] Johnson subsequently decided to stop relying on legal advice from government lawyers and began to look for independent legal advice. [694] Johnson with students and lecturers of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine, 22 January 2023