Former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and Foreign Minister Liz Truss will compete to become the British Prime Minister, after they pass the last voting round of conservative MPs.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation after many scandals, but continued to hold his position until the new leadership was elected.

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11 people have been elected leaders and conservative parliamentarians voting in the last few days to choose the last two candidates.

Former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak (left) and Foreign Minister Liz Truss.

Ms. Truss thanked some legislators outside the National Assembly right after the results were published.

I felt very grateful when my colleagues put their faith in me.

In the next round, about 200,000 conservative party members will vote to choose Truss or Mr. Sunak as a new leader.

Rishi Sunak, 42, held the position of Minister of Finance from February 2020 to July 5, 2022, played the role of driving the British economy in the pandemic and post -Brexit.

Liz Truss, 46, held as a foreign minister from September 2021.

The new British Prime Minister will face great challenges, when the inflation in the UK is on the rise to 11%, the growth and the pound are near the historic low compared to the dollar.

Process of election of conservative party leadership in the UK.

The decision to resign of Prime Minister Johnson will help change his bad image in the international arena after consecutive scandals, according to experts.

Prime Minister Johnson took the UK to leave the EU, but his term also became chaotic with economic fluctuations and many scandals in the government.