Political Leaders Speaking to Media

Images of prominent political figures delivering speeches to the media in formal environments, emphasizing their roles in governance.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Matthew Barzun, departs from No. 10 Downing Street in London, U.K., on June 27, 2016, after speaking privately with British Prime Minister David Cameron following another meeting with the Secretary's counterpart, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, in the aftermath of last week's "Brexit" vote by the British people.

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Boris Johnson, left, the UKs prime minister, greets Mark Rutte, his counterpart from the Netherlands, outside 10 Downing Street in London. September, 2021

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson arriving in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Matthew Barzun, departs from No. 10 Downing Street in London, U.K., on June 27, 2016, after speaking privately with British Prime Minister David Cameron following another meeting with the Secretary's counterpart, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, in the aftermath of last week's "Brexit" vote by the British people.

Boris Johnson, left, the UKs prime minister, greets Mark Rutte, his counterpart from the Netherlands, outside 10 Downing Street in London. September, 2021

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at No. 10 Downing Street in London, United Kingdom, on March 14, 2014, for a meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron focused on Middle East peace talks and Russian intervention in Crimea.

Photograph of the former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (1964-) a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry enters the doorway of No. 10 Downing Street in London, U.K., on July 19, 2016, and becoming the first U.S. government official to hold a bilateral meeting with newly installed British Prime Minister Theresa May.

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson arriving in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson arriving in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Joanna Cherry; Scottish politician, and her lawyer, Jolyon Maugham, leave the Supreme Court, on the last day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 19th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson, on October 16, 2016, while in London for meetings to discuss a multilateral approach to resolving the crisis in Syria.

Wendy Morton, Conservative MP, at the gates to Downing street, April 2019. Wendy Morton; British Conservative Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Aldridge-Brownhills since the 2015 general election. Assistant Government Whip.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is greeted by U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson as he arrives at Carlton House in London, the official residence of the U.K. Foreign Secretary, for joint U.S.-U.K. talks following the terrorist attack in Manchester, on May 26, 2017.

Jeremy Wright, English Conservative Party politician; Culture Secretary, and Member of Parliament (MP) arrives at Downing Street. April 2019

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson arriving in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Photograph of Liz Truss. Elizabeth Mary Truss (1975-) a British politician serving as Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade since July 2019 and Minister for Women and Equalities since September 2019.

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Boris Johnson participates in the Counter-ISIL Ministerial Joint Ministerial Plenary Session, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 21, 2016.

Newly installed British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson addresses reporters in the gilded Lacarno Media Room in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London U.K., on July 19, 2016, during a news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry following their first bilateral meeting.

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) welcomes Charles Michel, President of the European Council, at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 15 March 2024

Ian Blackford (born 14 May 1961) is a Scottish politician serving as Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the House of Commons since 2017. Seen leaving Parliament in 2022

Madrid, 10/13/2016. Meeting at the Moncloa Palace between the acting president Mariano Rajoy and the British Prime Minister Theresa May. Photo: Jaime García ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to reporters outside No. 10 Downing Street in London, U.K., on July 19, 2016, after becoming the first U.S. government official to hold a bilateral meeting with newly installed sits with British Prime Minister Theresa May.

Photograph of the former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (1964-) a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.

England, London, Westminster, Theresa May on her first day as prime minister in Downing Street.

David Dimbleby, veteran British political journalist talks to visitors at the Supreme Court, on the first day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 17th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Joanna Cherry; Scottish politician, leaves the Supreme Court, on the last day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 19th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Evan Ryan and U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Matthew Barzun look on as London Mayor Sadiq Khan and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hold a question-and-answer session about foreign affairs with young Londoners, British residents, and American visitors on October 31, 2016, on the rooftop level of London City Hall in London, U.K.

Jeremy Wright, English Conservative Party politician; Culture Secretary, and Member of Parliament (MP) arrives at Downing Street. April 2019

Theresa May arrives in Downing Street, London fro the last day of her Premiership. Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 13 July 2016 - 24 July 2019. May was Leader of the Conservative Party from July 2016 - 23 July 2019

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with UK Prime Minister Theresa May in London, United Kingdom, on May 8, 2019.

Photograph of Nigel Farage. Nigel Paul Farage (1964-) a British politician and broadcaster.

London, Downing Street, UK, 7th February 2023. Andrew Mitchell MP, Minister of State,Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

PETER CAPALDI in IN THE LOOP (2009), directed by ARMANDO IANNUCCI.

Photograph of Klaus Werner Iohannis, President of Romania, attending the NATO Summit in London, December 2019

Joanna Cherry; Scottish politician, leaves the Supreme Court, on the first day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 17th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Sahra Wagenknecht, MdB, spricht zu den Medien nach einer Pressekonferenz zur Gruendung des Vereins Buendnis Sahra Wagenknecht, Fuer Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit zur Vorbereitung einer neuen Partei. Berlin, 23.10.2023

Andrew Stephenson, Conservative MP for Pendle, arriving at Downing Street April 2019

Jo Swinson the British Liberal Democrat leader addresses the press after returning to Parliament, after the Supreme Court annulled the prorogation of Parliament. 25th September 2019. Most of the Liberal Democrat MP's are present in including: Dr Phillip Lee, Chuka Umunna, Wera Hobhouse, Ed Davey, Christine Jardine, Jane Dodds, Layla Moran, Angela Smith, Lucian Berger, Jamie Stone, Vince Cable and Tom Brakes were present.

Joanna Cherry; Scottish politician, leaves the Supreme Court, on the first day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 17th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson arriving in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

David Cameron, Foreign Secretary of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Berlin, 07.03.2024. Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office

Madrid, 10/16/2019. Pedro Sánchez, acting president of the Government, meets with the leader of the PP Pablo Casado, in La Moncloa, in the round of consultations after the Procés ruling. Photo: Ángel de Antonio ARCHDC.

Photograph of the former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (1964-) a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.

Madrid, 12/09/2024. Antonio Camacho, Begoña Gómez's lawyer and former minister, at the National Court. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

Photograph of Stephen Barclay. Stephen Paul "Steve" Barclay (1972-) a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union since 2018. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament for North East Cambridgeshire since 2010

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovi_ on the way to the Equal Futures Partnership meeting, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 22, 2016.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses nation on Lockdown during the Corona Virus pandemic. 20th March 2020

Winston Churchill Memorial, Parliament Square, Westminster, London, London, London Region, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Photograph of the Philip Hammond arriving for a meeting with President Donald Trump at St James' Palace, London, June 2019

HUGH GRANT in LOVE ACTUALLY (2003), directed by RICHARD CURTIS.

British Prince William in Belfast UK

Madrid, 03/09/2016. Luis Bárcenas leaves the Plaza de Castilla games after testifying. Photo: Oscar del Pozo ARCHDC.

MADRID, April 8, 2013. The President of the Government Mariano Rajoy receives the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron at the Moncloa Palace. Image Oscar del Pozo (ARCHDC) Oscar del Pozo.

Jeffrey Archer (born 1940), English novelist, former politician

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry looks at a photo of the Debating Chamber at the Oxford Union that was presented to him by Oxford Union President Robert Harris after the Secretary delivered an address to the Union membership in the very same room in Oxford, U.K., on May 11, 2016.

Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, at the 'People's Vote' march in Parliament Square, London. The People's Vote march took place in London on 23 March 2019 as part of a series of demonstrations to protest against Brexit, call for a new referendum, and ask the British Government to revoke Article 50. It brought to the capital hundreds of thousands of protestors, or over a million people according to the organizers.

Madrid, 07/27/2015. Interview With Luis Mateo Díez. Photo: Maya Balanya Archdc.

Photograph of the former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (1964-) a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, attends the meeting of German-speaking Foreign Ministers at the Haus fuer Mozart in Salzburg. (L-R) Jean Asselborn, Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, Alexander Schallenberg, Foreign Minister of Austria, Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Foreign Minister, Dominique Hasler, Foreign Minister of Liechtenstein, and Ignazio Cassis, Foreign Minister of Switzerland. Salzburg, 27.04.2023, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

England, London, Westminster Labour Mp Ed Milliband Being Interviewed On College Green.

Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia (great-great-great-grandson of Emperor Wilhelm II) in the state capital Magdeburg at the reception for the 110th anniversary of the Magdeburger Rennverein with Magdeburg's Lord Mayor Dr Lutz Trümper

Theresa May leaves 10 Downing street after her resignation speech, London, before seeing Queen Elizabeth to formalise her departure. The last day of the Premiership of Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 13 July 2016 - 24 July 2019. May was Leader of the Conservative Party from July 2016 - 23 July 2019. Shown with her husband Phillip May.

Photograph of Nigel Farage. Nigel Paul Farage (1964-) a British politician and broadcaster.

Madrid, 05/26/2017. Pedro Sánchez upon his arrival at the Congress of Deputies to hold a meeting with the socialist parliamentary group of the PSOE. Photo: Jaime García ARCHDC.

Photograph of Nigel Farage. Nigel Paul Farage (1964-) a British politician and broadcaster.

Photograph of Jo Swinson. Joanne Kate Swinson (1980-) a British former politician who served as leader of the Liberal Democrats from 22 July to 13 December 2019. She was the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position. She was the Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire from 2005 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2019

Madrid, 03/11/2021. Kings Felipe VI and Letizia together with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, attend the European Day of Victims of Terrorism in the Campo del Moro of the Royal Palace. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

Baron Alderdice, returning to parliament after the prorogation was annulled by the Supreme Court. 25th September 2019. John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice (born 1955); Northern Ireland politician. Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1998-2004, leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1987-1998, and since 1996 has sat in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

David Cameron, Foreign Secretary of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Berlin, 07.03.2024. Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office

Ian Paisley Jr, arrives for media interviews after returning to parliament after the prorogation was annulled by the Supreme Court. 25th September 2019. Ian Paisley Jr (born 1966) , politician from Northern Ireland. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Antrim since the 2010 general election. Paisley, who is a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), is the son of the DUP's founder Ian Paisley.

David Dimbleby, veteran British political journalist talks to visitors at the Supreme Court, on the first day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 17th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Espen Barth Eide, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway, and Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, photographed during a joint press conference in Berlin, 14 March 2024. Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is greeted by U.S. Ambassador Robert Wood Johnson upon arrival at the U.S. Embassy in London, United Kingdom, on January 22, 2018.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton emerges from the library with President George W. Bush, former presidents Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush during the official opening ceremony of the Clinton Presidential Library November 18, 2004 in Little Rock, AK

Photograph of Tim Farron. Timothy James Farron (1970-) a British politician who was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats between July 2015 and July 2017. He resigned following the 2017 United Kingdom general election.

British Prince William in Belfast UK

Madrid, 10/13/2016. Meeting at the Moncloa Palace between the acting president Mariano Rajoy and the British Prime Minister Theresa May. Photo: Jaime García ARCHDC.

Madrid, 14/03/2018. The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, speaks in the Congress of Deputies to talk about pensions. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

Baroness Chakrabarti, British Labour Party politician, leaves the Supreme Court, on the first day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 17th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Sarah Wollaston (right) with fellow Members of Parliament, September 2019. British Liberal Democrat politician. She is the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Totnes, having been first elected in 2010 for the Conservatives, and Chair of the Liaison Committee and the Health Select Committee in the House of Commons. In February 2019, she resigned from the Conservative Party, along with two of her peers, and joined The Independent Group, later styled Change UK. Four months later, she quit the party to sit as an independent MP. On 14 August 2019, she joined the Liberal Democrats.

Photograph of Michael Gove. Michael Andrew Gove (1967-) a British Conservative politician who has been Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since July 2019. He has been the Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath since 2005. He was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet by David Cameron in 2007 as Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families.

Photograph of Jacob Rees-Mogg. Jacob William Rees-Mogg (1969-) a British politician serving as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since 2019, and who has served as Member of Parliament for North East Somerset since 2010

Barcelona, 05/21/2021. Arrival of Oriol Junqueras at the Parliament where the investiture debate of Pere Aragonés is being held. Photo: Inés Baucells. ARCHDC.

Matthew Parris and Dia Chakravarty arrive for media interviews after parliament returned to sit, after the prorogation was annulled by the Supreme Court. 25th September 2019. Dia Chakravarty (born 1984), Bangladeshi-born British political activist, former political director of the Taxpayers' Alliance, and Brexit Editor of The Daily Telegraph. Matthew Parris (born 1949); British political writer and broadcaster, formerly a Conservative Member of Parliament.

Photograph of Jacob Rees-Mogg with his son, arriving for the state opening of Parliament. Jacob William Rees-Mogg (1969-) a British politician serving as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since 2019, and who has served as Member of Parliament for North East Somerset since 2010

Madrid, 04/04/2018. Interview with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Lazutkin. Photo: Maya Balanya. ARCHDC.

Baroness Northover and Chuka Umunna enter parliament after the prorogation was annulled by the Supreme Court. 25th September 2019 Lindsay Patricia Northover, Baroness Northover, is a British Liberal Democrat politician, member of the House of Lords, and former junior government minister. Chuka Umunna (born 1978), British Liberal Democrat politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham since 2010, elected as the Labour Party candidate. As a former member of the Opposition Shadow Cabinet, he was Shadow Business Secretary from 2011 to 2015. He was a member of the Labour Party until February 2019, when he resigned to form The Independent Group (later renamed Change UK) along with six other MPs. He left Change UK in June 2019 and, after a short time as an independent MP, joined the Liberal Democrats.

Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind (born 1946); British politician who served in various roles as a Cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including Secretary of State for Scotland (1986-1990), Defence Secretary (1992-1995), and Foreign Secretary (1995-1997).

Ian Paisley Jr, arrives for media interviews after returning to parliament after the prorogation was annulled by the Supreme Court. 25th September 2019. Ian Paisley Jr (born 1966) , politician from Northern Ireland. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Antrim since the 2010 general election. Paisley, who is a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), is the son of the DUP's founder Ian Paisley.

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