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Who is Ben Wallace, the candidate who can replace Jens Soltenberg for the leadership of NATO

Who is Ben Wallace, the candidate who can replace Jens Soltenberg for the

British media reports that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will use his two-day trip to Washington this week to convince President Joe Biden to back British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace to head NATO .

Ben Wallace has already publicly expressed an interest in taking over the leadership of the Western defense alliance when the post falls vacant in September.

Who is Ben Wallace?

Born 15 May 1970, Wallace is a British politician and former soldier who has served as Secretary of State for Defense since 2019. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wyre and Preston North since 2005.

Following the 2015 General Election, he became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Northern Ireland Office. In 2016, he was appointed Secretary of State for Security and Economic Crime by Theresa May, holding the position until she left office in July 2019. A supporter of Boris Johnson, Wallace was appointed to the senior role of Home Secretary State for Defence, after Johnson became prime minister. He went on to serve under Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.

Before politics, he held the rank of captain in the Scots Guards.