Changes in the Sunak Government in the United Kingdom: former Prime Minister David Cameron returns to the Government as Foreign Affairs leader

The former British Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron, known for calling and losing a referendum on ‘Brexit’ in 2016, has returned to the United Kingdom Government, this time to occupy the position of new Foreign Minister until the next general elections planned between 2024 and early 2025.

This appointment has been part of a reshuffle of the Government carried out this Monday, November 13, by the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, in which he has scheduled the return of David Cameron to replace James Cleverly, who in turn He will replace Suella Braverman in the Interior. The minister has been dismissed after writing an “unauthorized article” in The Times in which he accused the London police of favoring pro-Palestinian demonstrations, according to The Telegraph.

• Not being part of Parliament, David Cameron had to be appointed first lord for life to be able to enter the Upper House, since in the United Kingdom the Government ministers are chosen from among the members of the Legislature, as explained british media.

• The appointment of the former prime minister as the new foreign affairs leader has pleased the most centrist wing of the ruling Conservative Party, which believes that the United Kingdom needed a great weight on the world stage that would also prove to be an electoral asset, according to Reuters.

• On the contrary, for Sunak’s most critical sector, this decision has represented a strategy to “resurrect his weakened Government” in the face of the next general elections.

After hearing the news, David Cameron issued a statement through ‘X’ (former Twitter) in which he indicated that he accepted the position “with great pleasure” and that despite “not having agreed with some individual decisions” of the current prime minister, Sunak “is showing exemplary leadership in a difficult time.” Likewise, he also indicated that he is willing to provide his help so that the leader of the Conservative Party “can present himself to the country” in the face of the next general elections.

Who is David Cameron?

David Cameron was chosen Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on May 11, 2010, forming a coalition government between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. He was re-elected to office on May 5, 2015, and formed the country’s first conservative-majority government in nearly two decades.

• However, on June 24, 2016, the former prime minister submitted his resignation after calling a referendum on ‘Brexit’ and failing after the majority of voters in the United Kingdom voted in favor of leaving the European Union, a result that David Cameron did not expect.

During his years in office, the former prime minister and predecessor of Boris Johnson has been involved in some of the most relevant decisions of the British Government:

• In early 2011, David Cameron ordered a military intervention in Libya, as Britain and its allies led international efforts to help overthrow then-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

• In 2013, his Government legalized same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom, which Cameron strongly supported, stating that he “supported gay marriage because he was conservative.”