British politics Cummings was a senior and close adviser to the British politicians who steered the break from the European Union, from negotiating a public referendum to decide that the UK wanted to leave, to formalisation of the break in January 2020. He has been called the architect of what became known as Brexit. He was appointed Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, in 2019.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, a Renaissance man of many talents, is well-known for his writings on politics but was also a well-known politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, letter writer, playwright, poet, songwriter, and what else?