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Boris Johnson , the UK ' s new Prime Minister , was one of Britain's most famous politicians.

His high-Profile - established as an MP, London mayor and Minister for foreign Affairs - has often seen that his achievements are accompanied by controversy.

to MPAs editor of The Spectator magazine and I Have competitor news For You , Boris Johnson was already known for his chaotic persona.

In 2001, he was an MP in the safe Conservative seat of Henley-on-Thames.

gay rights

He was regarded as more liberal than many Tories. As a journalist, he had. But as a MP, he changed tack and said The State should not interfere in the lives of the people. He also voted in favor of registered partnerships.

Boris Johnson during one of his Have I Got news For You appearances, in 2004, Mr. Johnson continuing dispute attract.

In October 2004, then Conservative leader Michael Howard for a spectator article accusing its residents of wallowing in "disproportionate" grief After Ken Bigley - an engineer from The City was kidnapped and killed in Iraq.

And in The Following month he was dismissed from the shadow arts minister, amid claims he had

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Political career

7 years MP for Henley (2001-2008)

8 year mayor of London (2008-2016)

4 yearsMP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (2015-

2 year foreign Secretary (2016-2018)

BBC news nevertheless, a year later he was again on The Rise - the resignation of his audience-post, if the new Tory leader.

But, he continued to write for the Telegraph and had another excuse for a whole Country -After he in a column.

From 2007, the Henley MP had his eyes on one of the biggest jobs in the UK-policy.

mayor of London taking over from Labour's Ken Livingstone in 2008, Boris Johnson London mayor remained in use until 2016. It is the longest continuous period of public offices he has held.

He is often spoken of what he considered to be his greatest successes during this time: on crime, housing and Transport .

crime

The Number of homicides in London - including murder and Manslaughter dropped by 22 per million to 12 per million people during his time as mayor. However, it was also the second term to drop during its predecessors.

And in The First few years, After Mr. Johnson took over, Knife crime has increased by about 15% - although it is from 2012-13 onwards it began to Fall .

Knife crime, according to Boris Johnson , London 's mayor

Metropolitan Police-area

Mr Johnson' s term in office ended in 2016Office the National StatisticsMr Johnson supported The Police with stop-and-search powers to combat violence and crime. And he said he would be sure to would be The Police numbers despite the Central government cuts.

Home Office figures show that The Police have increased the numbers in London easily, from 31,460 to 32,125, between March 2008 and March 2016. In England and Wales in this period, The Number of officials decreased to 17,603.

London homicide rate in the case of labour until 2008, the then conservative source: Office for National statistics housing

There is an increase in The Number of affordable homes Built - 101,525 until the end of March 2016, of which the Greater London Authority helped 94,001. This was an increase compared to the two conditions of Mr Livingstone, although the definition of affordable housing had not changed in 2011, so the numbers are directly comparable.

traffic

- what he said were too big for narrow streets and encouraged fare-dodgers.

in their place he introduced a new version of the popular Routemaster London bus - a move that has been criticized as a Prestige project. There were complaints about non-opening window, and the problems with hybrid engines. They also Cost significantly More Than a normal bus.

One of his most famous Transport initiatives was the so-called "Boris Bike" cycle scheme, introduced In July 2010.

Mr Johnson regularly the bicycles are supported by the ride itself, and The Number of rentals reached More Than 10. 3 million in his last year as mayor.

However, critics pointed to the £11m-a-year Cost for the maintenance of the bikes on The Road . Others noted that the plans for a bike hire scheme had been announced, while Mr Livingstone, the mayor had.

Olympic games

As mayor, Mr Johnson has been involved in the supervision of the arrangements for the 2012 Olympic games, the planning for the start After they were awarded to London in 2005.

One of The Most memorable moments when he got stuck on a zip wire, during the celebration of The First British gold medal win. The Olympic games were generally viewed as a success and there were claims.

But there were also questions, which constitute the Olympic legacy, including the criticism of the reconstruction of the Olympic Stadium into a football stadium. In the year 2017, an independent review said.

garden bridge

The second part of his time as mayor saw as a monument for Diana, Princess of Wales.

The pedestrian bridge, trees and plants, The First proposed by The Actress Joanna Lumley in 1998, was funded by private and public funds.

But it was cancelled in the year 2017, After a review recommended that The Project be stomps, - £53m spent on The Project ; £43 came from The Public sector.

Jeremy Hunt : The Other leadership contenders

Foreign secretaryMr Johnson decided he wanted to be back ended to the Parliament before his term as mayor in 2016. He won the seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip in 2015.

After returning to life as an MP, he declared his opposition to the expansion of nearby Heathrow Airport , and he said that he would be lying in front of bulldozers.

As mayor of London , he had promoted an alternative scheme for an island airport in the Thames Estuary ,

But Mr Johnson was noticeably absent when the MPs took then the Heathrow expansion in June 2018, when he is on an official trip to Afghanistan.

Mr Johnson appointed been had the foreign Minister, the new Prime Minister , Theresa May , in the year 2016.

He had also in the Tory leadership campaign, to enter the year, according to Michael Gove 's surprise decision, the race.

The Job as foreign Minister was seen as a confirmation of its role as a leading Figure in The Campaign to leave the EU.

However, there was also Some surprise in the election, with the Lib dem leader, Tim Farron , says he would work as foreign Minister.

And there were the disparaging comments about other countries and their leaders - Some of which were taken before he got The Job .

they contain a Limerick - awarded £1,000 to award 2016, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a goat. And he said that the Libyan city of Sirte, the new Dubai could if.

Russian expulsions

As foreign Minister, Mr Johnson, a hard-line against Russia,

Twenty-nine countries, including the USA, Canada, Australia and the EU member States, supported occurred in the UK, the displacement of More Than 140 Russian diplomats in a coordinated movement.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been imprisoned in Iran since 2016, Iran

But in the case of The British -Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, imprisoned in Iran, Mr Johnson me in Parliament .

, which have been in contradiction to her statement that she was on vacation at the time.

It's made clear later that she had in fact, been on vacation, but has not said also that he believes that his remarks rejected a difference to their plight, a claim from her family.

a few days After Mr Johnson made his comments, Zaghari-Ratcliffe was summoned before an Iranian judge, accused of involvement in propaganda against The Regime .

Saudi-Arabia

As foreign Minister, After comments surfaced in which he criticized a close ally of Saudi Arabia for engaging in proxy wars in the Middle East .

Nevertheless, the continuing sales of UK arms to Saudi Arabia , which is involved in a controversial military operations in Yemen.

In the year 2018, Mr Johnson also criticism After writing in The Daily Telegraph that

up to this step, though, he had left the government, resigned in protest against Theresa May , the Brexit plan.

Brexit camp Aigner Boris Johnson was Leaving a leading Figure in the vote campaign during the 2016 EU referendum.

He became known for his attacks on the EU and are in favour of the advantages of Brexit. He stated that he was "pro-cake and pro-eating it".

But it was not always clear on which side he would support.

In fact, while the mayor of London , he had spoken of the advantages of the internal Market .

weighing the pros and cons of membership in the EU, he had said that you would leave not to the solution of The British problem.

But he made clear he supported to ask for the plans, The British people decide on EU membership.

While the Brexit campaign, he came under for his claims about the benefits of leaving, and what he called "taking back Control ".

£350m claim

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