Gordon Brown steps down, Cameron is new UK Prime Minister

Conservative Party leader David Cameron emerged as the new Prime Minster of the United Kingdom after days of negotiations with the third placer Liberal Democrats for a coalition government.

The United Kingdom has a new Prime Minister, the youngest in almost 200 years as Gordon Brown who ruled the country under Labour management for 13 years, stepped down to give way to the new coalition government. David Cameron, a 43-year old Conservative Party leader will steer the country as its new Prime Minister after days of negotiation with the Liberal Democrats led by Nick Clegg, whose party ended as a third placer in the recent election. Yahoo News reports: Nick Clegg, leader of the third-placed Liberal Democrats, drove a hard bargain in return for his support in a coalition deal. Cameron appointed his new partner as deputy prime minister and awarded Clegg's group four other Cabinet posts. The agreement, reached of five occasionally tense days of negotiation, delivered Britain's first full coalition government since World War II. Liberal Democrat head Nick Clegg will act as Deputy Prime Minister while William Hague, the ex-leader of Conservatives will act as Foreign Minister. Major appointments are George Osborne as Treasury Chief and Liam Fox as Defense Secretary. "We have some deep and pressing problems — a huge deficit, deep social problems, a political system in need of reform," Cameron said. "For those reasons, I aim to form a proper and full coalition between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats." "Nick Clegg and I are both political leaders who want to put aside party differences and work hard for the common good and for the national interest," Cameron said. US president Barack Obama has called Cameron after taking over as Prime Minister to congratulate him. Obama also invited the new UK Prime Minister to the US in July.