Kemi Badenoch was appointed leader of the British Conservative Party this Saturday, November 2, reports The World. The elected official, aged 44, therefore replaces Rishi Sunak at the head of the opposition. She thus becomes the first black woman to lead one of the main political parties in the United Kingdom.
The forty-year-old, daughter of a doctor, of Nigerian origin, is the mother of three young children. A computer engineer by profession, she was elected as an MP for the first time in 2017. Since then, she has held several ministerial positions in the governments of Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss and Boris Johnson.
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The forty-year-old will be responsible for rebuilding a party damaged by the historic defeat inflicted during the elections last July. “The task before us is difficult, but simple: we must hold the Labor government to account, prepare to govern again and at the next election [aux alentours de 2029]we must have a clear plan for change for our country”she said after her election.
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Radical positions on immigration and gender issues
If during her primaries, Kemi Badenoch campaigned without announcing political measures, the new leader wishes to implement a return « to true conservatism ». An assumed turn to the right while she accuses her party of having shown itself more and more « liberal » on social issues such as gender.
Candidate « anti-woke » Self-proclaimed, the former Minister of Commerce is used to making shocking remarks: she notably supported the restriction of the rights of trans people. She also said to herself “skeptical” on the carbon neutrality objective set by the country. Pro-Brexit, she also argued that immigration “ is not good » for the country and that « not all cultures are equal ».
