Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson waves from the steps of No. 10 Downing Street after giving a statement in London in July 2019. He had just become prime minister.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
A 15-year-old Johnson, right, is seen outside Eton College, a boarding school outside London, in 1979.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson, 21, speaks with Greek Minister for Culture Melina Mercouri in June 1986. Johnson at the time was president of the Oxford Union, a prestigious student society.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson started his career as a journalist. He was fired from an early job at The Times for fabricating a quote. He later became a Brussels correspondent and then an assistant editor for The Daily Telegraph. From 1994 to 2005, he was editor of the weekly magazine The Spectator.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
In 2001, Johnson was elected as a member of Parliament. He won the seat in Henley for the Conservative Party.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson looks apologetic after fouling Germany's Maurizio Gaudino during a charity soccer match in Reading, England, in May 2006.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson is congratulated by Conservative Party leader David Cameron, right, after being elected mayor of London in May 2008. Cameron later became prime minister.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson, left, poses with a wax figure of himself at Madame Tussauds in London in May 2009.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson poses for a photo in London in April 2011. He was re-elected as the city's mayor in 2012.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson and his wife, Marina, enjoy the atmosphere in London ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony in July 2012. The couple separated in 2018 after 25 years of marriage.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson gets stuck on a zip line during an event in London's Victoria Park in August 2012.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson waves on London's Wandsworth Bridge as a bike-sharing program was expanded in the city in 2013.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson poses with his father, Stanley, and his siblings, Rachel and Jo, at the launch of his new book in October 2014. Stanley Johnson was once a member of the European Parliament.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson takes part in a charity tug-of-war with British military personnel in October 2015.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson and Michael Gove ride on a "Vote Leave" campaign bus in June 2016.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson kisses a wild salmon while visiting a fish market in London in June 2016. A month earlier, he stepped down as mayor but remained a member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson arrives at a news conference in London in June 2016. During the Brexit referendum that year, he was under immense pressure from Prime Minister Cameron to back the Remain campaign. But he broke ranks and backed Brexit at the last minute.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson sits next to Prime Minister Theresa May during a Cabinet meeting in November 2016. Johnson was May's foreign secretary for two years before resigning over her handling of Brexit.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
As foreign secretary, Johnson meets with US House Speaker Paul Ryan in April 2017. Johnson was born in New York City to British parents and once held dual citizenship. But he renounced his US citizenship in 2016.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson launches his Conservative Party leadership campaign in June 2019.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt take part in the Conservative Leadership debate in June 2019.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson speaks in July 2019 after he won the party leadership vote to become Britain's next prime minister.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II welcomes Johnson at Buckingham Palace, where she invited him to become Prime Minister and form a new government.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson poses with his dog Dilyn as he leaves a polling station in London in December 2019.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson and his partner, Carrie Symonds, react to election results from his study at No. 10 Downing Street.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson speaks on the phone with Queen Elizabeth II in March 2020.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, outside of No. 10 Downing Street, join a national applause showing appreciation for health-care workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson is seen via video conference as he attends a Covid-19 meeting remotely in March 2020.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson wears a face mask as he visits the headquarters of the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust in July 2020.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sits across from Johnson in the garden of No. 10 Downing Street in July 2020.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
14/07/2020. London, United Kingdom. Boris Johnson and Carrie NHS Call.The Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds with their son Wilfred in the study of No10 Downing Street speaking via zoom to the midwifes that helped deliver their son at the UCLH.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson holds a crab in Stromness Harbour during a visit to Scotland in July 2020.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson and US President Joe Biden speak at Carbis Bay in Cornwall, England, after their bilateral meeting in June 2021. Biden and Johnson were participating in the G7 summit that weekend.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Queen Elizabeth II greets Johnson at Buckingham Palace in June 2021. It was the Queen's first in-person weekly audience with the Prime Minister since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson delivers his keynote speech on the final day of the annual Conservative Party Conference in October 2021.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson and former British prime ministers attend a requiem Mass for Conservative MP David Amess in November 2021. From left are former Prime Ministers John Major, David Cameron and Theresa May, Speaker of the House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle, Home Secretary Priti Patel and Johnson.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson and his wife, Carrie, holding their newborn daughter, Romy, hold video calls in December 2021.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine, in April 2022.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson attends the National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral in London in June 2022. It was part of Platinum Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
At Prime Minister's Questions on July 6, Johnson said "the job of a Prime Minister in difficult circumstances when he has been handed a colossal mandate is to keep going, and that's what I'm going to do."
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson announces his resignation in front of No. 10 Downing Street on July 7. "It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister," he said.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson speaks outside No. 10 Downing Street on September 6. It was his last day as prime minister.