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Or, if you are already a subscriber Sign in. Other options. Close drawer menu Financial Times International Edition. Search the FT Search. World Show more World. Johnson was the fourth prime minister to study at Balliol College. The other three were H. Asquith, Edward Heath, and Harold Macmillan.

More Videos Boris Johnson's history of controversy Fired over allegations of an affair with journalist Petronella Wyatt. December July - Serves as the shadow minister for higher education. May - Johnson is elected mayor of London. He is reelected in July 13, - Johnson is appointed foreign secretary by Prime Minister Theresa May , and serves for two years.

February 21, - Johnson announces he supports the Brexit campaign. July 9, - Johnson resigns as foreign secretary due to his disagreement with May's approach to Brexit. September - Johnson and Marina Wheeler announce their separation and pending divorce. July 23, - Johnson is elected leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative party , and will take over for May as prime minister, pending approval of the Queen. August 28, - Queen Elizabeth approves Johnson's request to suspend UK parliament from mid-September , shortening the time available to lawmakers to block a no-deal Brexit.

The news is met with opposition from politicians who denounce it as potentially unconstitutional and undemocratic. In a televised interview, Johnson denies that he was seeking to prevent Parliament from limiting his Brexit plans. September 4, - Johnson suffers a defeat after lawmakers in the House of Commons approve a bill to block a no-deal Brexit. It instructs Johnson to request another Brexit extension if he cannot secure a deal with the European Union by the October 31 deadline. Hours after, t he House of Commons dismiss demands for an election , falling short of the required supermajority to pass.

September 5, - During a speech in Wakefield, in northern England, Johnson says he'd rather be "dead in the ditch" than ask Europe to delay Brexit. The same day Johnson's brother, Jo Johnson, announces he will step down as MP because he is "torn between family loyalty and the national interest.

September 25, - Lawmakers return to work after the UK Supreme Court rules Johnson's decision to unilaterally suspend Parliament until mid-October -- just two weeks before the UK is due to leave the European Union -- was "unlawful, void and of no effect," a huge defeat for the prime minister.

October 17, - Johnson announces that UK negotiators have struck a Brexit deal with their European counterparts, setting the stage for a vote on the proposal in Parliament. October 19, - UK lawmakers withhold approval of Johnson's Brexit deal, voting for an amendment to delay ratification. The amendment required Johnson to send a letter requesting an extension from the European Union and Downing Street later confirms the letter was sent.

December 12, - Johnson's conservative party wins in a landslide election, securing of the seats in the House of Parliament, well ahead of Labour's seats. The election gives Johnson a comfortable majority in the House of Commons and paves the way for Brexit to take place at the end of January.

January 31, - Britain formally leaves the European Union , entering a transition period until the end of during which the United Kingdom must negotiate its future relationship with Europe. Leave won the referendum on June 23, Cameron resigned, and Johnson was seen as his obvious successor.

Instead, Theresa May became prime minister. Those defeats ultimately forced May to resign earlier this year. And Johnson got another chance to be prime minister. Parliament rebelled against him to pass a law preventing the UK from leaving the EU without a deal. Johnson did secure a new Brexit deal in October, reaching a last-minute compromise with the EU. It won the support of the hardcore Brexiteers, but enough lawmakers objected to the rushed timeline, denying him the necessary votes.

Johnson, reluctantly, had to seek a Brexit extension , pushing the deadline to January 31, That left one way to break the Brexit stalemate: elections. Parliament agreed to a December 12 vote. Johnson and the Conservatives were expected to win, and exit polls suggest they did, overwhelmingly. But the next phase — negotiating the future relationship with the EU — is the harder part.

And Johnson has given himself less than a year to do it.