Kemi Badenoch is now the first Black woman to lead a major British political party after defeating rival Robert Jenrick on Saturday to take the helm of the country's Conservative and Unionist Party. Badenoc beat Jenrick and other leadership rivals in a bid to replace former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak,

Britain’s Conservative Party elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from an election defeat.

The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who thinks the British state is broken and she is the one to fix it