Theresa May started her first full day in office as UK’s new Prime Minister today Thursday July 14,2016

Theresa May started her first full day in office as UK’s new Prime Minister today with a series of sackings after surprising many by naming “Leave” campaigner Boris Johnson as foreign minister against the backdrop of putting Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) in motion.

Justice Secretary Michael Gove, who had challenged May in the Conservative Party leadership race, was among the first sackings announced today. He was replaced by Liz Truss, a former environment minister and one of the many female faces expected to occupy May’s team.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale and Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Letwin were other aides of former prime minister David Cameron dropped from the frontline and pushed to the party’s backbenches. 

Former energy and climate change secretary Amber Rudd has been promoted in May’s new Cabinet as Home Secretary, the portfolio previously held by May herself, with Eurosceptic David Davis being made in charge of a new department for Exiting the European Union and being dubbed “Brexit minister“. 

While Michael Fallon marked the only status quo Cabinet move by retaining the defence secretary’s job, the biggest surprise came in former London mayor Boris Johnson, who was appointed the new foreign secretary. 

The star Brexit campaigner said he was “humbled” having been named the new foreign minister and is expected to work closely with India in his role that covers the Commonwealth countries, alongside newly-appointed international trade minister Liam Fox.

Theresa May's new Cabinet

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Theresa May today became Britain’s second woman prime minister after Margaret Thatcher

Britain’s second-ever female Prime Minister since Thatcher’s term in 1979-1990 is widely expected to champion the cause of women in politics and a series of female Tory MPs are set for prominent roles in her Cabinet.