<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson" id="mwATQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> becomes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" id="mwATU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a> after defeating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" id="mwATY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a> in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" id="mwATc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2019 Conservative Party leadership election">leadership contest</a>, succeeding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_May" id="mwATg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>.<sup about="#mwt44" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_24#cite_note-6" id="mwATk" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATo">[6]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"><cite about="#mwt41" class="citation cs2" id="mwBYM"><a class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49102466" id="mwBYQ" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Boris Johnson becomes UK's new prime minister"</a>, <i id="mwBYU">BBC News</i>, July 24, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBYY">, retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBYc">July 24,</span> 2019</span></cite><span about="#mwt41" class="Z3988" id="mwBYg" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=BBC+News&amp;rft.atitle=Boris+Johnson+becomes+UK%27s+new+prime+minister&amp;rft.date=2019-07-24&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-politics-49102466&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJuly+24"></span></span>