Today, the British Conservative Party elected Kemi Badenoch (44) as its president, and she is also the leader of the opposition.
She is the first black woman to head a major British party. Trade minister in the previous Conservative government, Badenoch was born in London, originally from Nigeria where she spent much of her childhood.
Badenok, a software engineer, advocates a free market with low taxes and promises to "turn around, reboot and reprogram" Britain.
As a critic of multiculturalism and a self-proclaimed enemy of "wolf" culture (the opposition of people of African descent to injustice), Badenok has come under fire for recently saying that "not all cultures are created equal" and for alluding that maternity pay is excessive.
Badenoch defeated Robert Jenrik in a vote of 100.000 Conservative Party members. In a race that lasted more than three months, Conservative MPs whittled down the number of candidates from six, and the two finalists were voted on by the party membership.
Badenoch replaces former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who in July led the Conservatives to their worst election result since 1832. The Conservatives lost more than 200 seats, dropping to 121.
She faces a big challenge to restore her party's reputation after years of scandals and economic turmoil and return the conservatives to power in the next election, which should be held in 2029.
"The task before us is difficult but simple," she said in her victory speech to a packed room of Conservative MPs and journalists in London.
"Our first responsibility as the opposition is to hold the Labor government accountable. Our second task is to have a clear plan by the next election on how to implement our ideas, a clear plan to change this country by changing the way the government works," Badenoch said.
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