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title: "Theresa May announced resignation from her post recently. She was the Prime Minister of which country?"  
description: "Theresa May announced resignation from her post recently. She was the Prime Minister of which country?"  
author: "Shrikant Mishra"  
published: 2019-05-29  
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category: "current affair"  
tags: ["prime minister", "current affair"]  
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# Theresa May announced resignation from her post recently. She was the Prime Minister of which country?

Theresa May [announced resignation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38387/name-the-uk-prime-minister-who-announced-resignation-after-brexit-vote-that-favoured-leaving-the-european-union-eu) from her [post](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/255/post-get-and-request-function-in-php) recently. She was the Prime Minister of which [country](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2337/vikram-s-the-country-s-first-privately-developed-rocket-will-launch-on-november-15)?

## Answers

### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL

**‘Theresa May’ announced her resignation from the post of [Prime Minister](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/30440/the-race-to-become-britain-s-new-prime-minister) of the United Kingdom.**

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After facing intense pressure from her own party, led her to **announce her resignation from her post as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and step aside as the Conservative [Leader](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62146/who-has-been-appointed-as-the-deputy-leader-of-bjp-in-the-lok-sabha)**. She has been the **2nd Female Prime Minister of [Britain](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/30440/the-race-to-become-britain-s-new-prime-minister).** \
The **prime minister listed a series of her and her [government’s](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/276/performance-of-government-in-the-center) achievements, including tackling the deficit, reducing [unemployment](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62174/as-per-the-periodic-labor-force-survey-which-state-has-the-highest-unemployment-rate) and boosting funding for mental health**. She will remain in charge on a caretaker basis until a successor is found. May had faced increasing pressure to resign in recent months following three unsuccessful attempts to push her Brexit deal through [parliament](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48596/when-was-the-indian-parliamentary-diplomacy-written). \
Leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom, left her position, saying she no longer believed in the government's approach to exiting the European Union. **The commission would prefer, an orderly withdrawal on the basis of the withdrawal agreement that has been negotiated with the United Kingdom.** \
**Candidates for party leadership have to be nominated by two other members of Parliament, though if there is only one [candidate](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40604/who-was-the-free-soil-party-s-candidate-for-president), he or she automatically becomes the new leader**. If more than two candidates emerge, lawmakers vote among themselves to narrow the field and then put two candidates to a vote by all Conservative Party members, who number approximately 120,000.


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