British Foreign Minister announced retired

UK Foreign Minister William Hayig decided to resign. He reported this on Twitter.

"Today I am leaving the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs after four years of service," the diplomat wrote. According to Hayig, since May 2015, he will also cease to play the role of a member of the parliament. “After 26 years in politics, I decided to devote myself to other matters that I always wanted to do,” he explained.

Reuters clarifies that the Foreign Minister made such a decision within the framework of permutations in the government, which British Prime Minister David Cameron will announce on Tuesday. According to unofficial data, Haig will take the current Minister of Defense Philip Hammond.

The head of government has already commented on Hayig’s decision, BBC reports. According to Cameron, the head of the foreign policy was not only a "first -class Minister of Foreign Affairs", but also "close trusted, wise adviser and a great friend." “He will remain the first secretary of the state and my de facto political deputy on the eve of the elections,” the Prime Minister added.

William Heig - Foreign Minister of the UK since May 2010, a member of the House of Commons since 1989. From 2005 to 2010, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the "shadow office" of conservatives. Earlier, from 1997 to 2001, he was the leader of the Conservative Party of Great Britain. In 1995-1997, he served as Minister for Wales.