Rishi Sunak has emerged the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Recall: Liz Truss, former Prime minister, had resigned, saying she could no longer deliver the mandate on which she was elected by the conservative Party.
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What happened: According to an announcement made by Sir Graham Brady, only one nomination was received by the 1922 Committee for the new leader of the party, and backed by 100 MPs.
Sir Brady, therefore, declared Sunak to be the next party leader, and consequently the new Prime Minister.
10 things to know about Rishi Sunak
- Rishi Sunak is a British politician who has been Leader of the Conservative Party since 24 October 2022.
- Sunak was born in Southampton to parents of Punjabi Indian descent who migrated to Britain from East Africa in the 1960s.
- He was educated at Winchester College, read philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) at Lincoln College, Oxford, and gained an MBA from Stanford University in California as a Fulbright Scholar.
- Rishi Sunak is currently 42 years old.
- He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022 and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2019 to 2020.
- Sunak is a Hindu, and took his oath as an MP at the House of Commons on the Bhagavad Gita.
- He is married to Akshata Narayan Murty, a British-based Indian fashion designer. She is the daughter of N. R. Narayana Murthy, a founder of the Indian multi-national IT company Infosys, and Sudha Murty.
- He has been the Member of Parliament for Richmond since 2015.
- He has authored 3 books since 2014.
- Sunak, a former banker, and his wife, Indian tech heiress Akshata Murty, have an estimated networth of about 730 million pounds ($830 million).
