Former British leader David Cameron was named as the country’s new foreign secretary in a surprise move on Monday as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reshuffled his top team.
David Cameron, 57, served as British prime minister from 2010 to 2016, resigning after the outcome of the Brexit referendum, when Britain voted to leave the European Union.
His unexpected return to the front line of British politics comes after he spent the last seven years writing his memoirs and involving himself in business, including Greensill Capital, a finance firm that later collapsed.
Greensill’s demise fuelled questions about the extent to which former leaders can use their status to influence government policy after Cameron repeatedly contacted senior ministers in 2020 to lobby for the firm.
Meanwhile, Mr Sunak, the current prime minister, lost patience with Ms Braverman after a weekend of controversy sparked by an opinion piece she wrote.
Ms. Braverman’s article, published in The Times newspaper on Friday, criticized the police’s handling of a Palestinian solidarity demonstration that was held Saturday in London.
The piece raised the ire of No.10, which had not approved it.
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