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British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has resigned after four years in the post. Wallace wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday that he decided to do so after careful consideration. Wallace announced his resignation in mid-July.
“After so many years, it was time to invest in areas of my life that I had neglected and explore new opportunities,” Wallace said.
Wallace took up the post in 2019, then under Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He later retained a ministerial position in his Conservative colleague Liz Truss’s government and Sunak’s current cabinet.
Meanwhile, Wallace was considered a candidate for the post of head of government, but declined. He was ambitious for the post of NATO Secretary General. However, Jens Stoltenberg’s hopes of succeeding him did not materialize.
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