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Ocho candidatos compiten para sustituir a Johnson como primer ministro británico

Unas horas antes del anuncio, aún había once candidatos para suceder a Johnson, pero tres de ellos abandonaron la carrera

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on July 12, 2022 shows, top row from left, Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss arrives to attend the weekly Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, in London, on April 19, 2022, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak attends a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on May 24, 2022, Britain's International Development Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt arrives to attend the weekly meeting of the cabinet in Downing Street in London on October 9, 2018, and Britain's Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi leaves Downing Street after attending a cabinet meeting in central London on October 27, 2021 before the government's annual budget announcement, and bottom row from left, Conservative politician Tom Tugendhat speaks to a TV reporter outside Millbank Studios in central London on July 11, 2022, Britain's Attorney General Suella Braverman arrives to attend the weekly Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on January 25, 2022, Conservative MP and leadership contender Jeremy Hunt gestures as he takes part in a Conservative Party Hustings event in Maidstone, south of London, on July 11, 2019, and an undated handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Conservative MP for Saffron Walden, Kemi Badenoch, posing for an official portrait photograph at the Houses of Parliament in London. - Eight Conservative MPs will vie to become UK prime minister, the party announced on July 12, 2022, with frontrunner Rishi Sunak launching his campaign by saying he would not "demonise" the outgoing Boris Johnson, despite triggering his demise. Former finance minister Sunak, his successor Nadhim Zahawi, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, former defence minister Penny Mordaunt and ex-health minister Jeremy Hunt all received the support of more than 20 MPs, the threshold required to enter the race. (Photo by various sources / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, A
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on July 12, 2022 shows, top row from left, Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss arrives to attend the weekly Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, in London, on April 19, 2022, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak attends a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on May 24, 2022, Britain's International Development Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt arrives to attend the weekly meeting of the cabinet in Downing Street in London on October 9, 2018, and Britain's Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi leaves Downing Street after attending a cabinet meeting in central London on October 27, 2021 before the government's annual budget announcement, and bottom row from left, Conservative politician Tom Tugendhat speaks to a TV reporter outside Millbank Studios in central London on July 11, 2022, Britain's Attorney General Suella Braverman arrives to attend the weekly Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on January 25, 2022, Conservative MP and leadership contender Jeremy Hunt gestures as he takes part in a Conservative Party Hustings event in Maidstone, south of London, on July 11, 2019, and an undated handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Conservative MP for Saffron Walden, Kemi Badenoch, posing for an official portrait photograph at the Houses of Parliament in London. - Eight Conservative MPs will vie to become UK prime minister, the party announced on July 12, 2022, with frontrunner Rishi Sunak launching his campaign by saying he would not "demonise" the outgoing Boris Johnson, despite triggering his demise. Former finance minister Sunak, his successor Nadhim Zahawi, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, former defence minister Penny Mordaunt and ex-health minister Jeremy Hunt all received the support of more than 20 MPs, the threshold required to enter the race. (Photo by various sources / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, A DANIEL LEAL TOLGA AKMEN CARLOS JASSO CHRIS MCANDREW

Londres. El Partido Conservador de Reino Unido aprobó el martes la candidatura de ocho diputados para suceder al primer ministro saliente Boris Johnson en Downing Street, después de que hayan recibido el número de apoyos necesarios para entrar en liza.

Como estaba previsto, el exministro de Economía, Rishi Sunak, la exministra de Defensa Penny Mordaunt, la jefa de la diplomacia Liz Truss y el diputado Tom Tugendhat están entre los candidatos, anunció el comité 1922, el grupo parlamentario conservador encargado de establecer las reglas de la elección.

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