LONDON — British foreign minister Dominic Raab is designated to take over leadership of the country if Prime Minister Boris Johnson, currently ill in hospital with persistent symptoms of the coronavirus, is unable to fulfil his role. Johnson is still leading the government, according to his ministers, but Raab stood in for him at Monday's meeting of the COVID-19 response committee. - Raab, 46, ran against Johnson to become leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister in 2019. - He was appointed as foreign minister in Johnson's first cabinet after the prime minister took office in July 2019. - Before entering parliament in 2010 Raab also worked for Britain's diplomatic service including a posting in The Hague working on bringing war criminals to justice.

Source: International New York Times April 06, 2020 09:33 UTC