# Boris Johnson becomes prime minister (2019)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/2019-boris-johnson-becomes-prime-minister
Categories: ruler-change

Johnson succeeded Theresa May after winning the Conservative leadership. Within the broader Postwar & Modern Uk period, decolonization, welfare institutions, migration, European integration and withdrawal, devolution and social change reshaped the modern United Kingdom. This event is placed at 24 July 2019 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. His government prioritized completing Brexit and soon faced the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Why it matters
His government prioritized completing Brexit and soon faced the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ruler at the time: [Elizabeth II](https://english-history.com/rulers/elizabeth-ii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Boris Johnson becomes prime minister](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Boris+Johnson+becomes+prime+minister&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Boris Johnson becomes prime minister](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Boris+Johnson+becomes+prime+minister)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — Postwar collection](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/postwar/)