Rishi Sunak
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2022 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rishi Sunak (born 12 May 1980) is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 25 October 2022.[1] He was Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Boris Johnson government from 2020 to 2022.[2] He is a member of the Conservative Party and has been a Member of Parliament since the 2015 general election.
Rishi Sunak | |
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
Assumed office 25 October 2022 | |
Monarch | Charles III |
Deputy | Dominic Raab Oliver Dowden |
Preceded by | Liz Truss |
Leader of the Conservative Party | |
Assumed office 24 October 2022 | |
Chairman | Nadhim Zahawi Greg Hands Richard Holden |
Preceded by | Liz Truss |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
In office 13 February 2020 – 5 July 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Sajid Javid |
Succeeded by | Nadhim Zahawi |
Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Liz Truss |
Succeeded by | Steve Barclay |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government | |
In office 9 January 2018 – 24 July 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Marcus Jones |
Succeeded by | Luke Hall |
Member of Parliament for Richmond (Yorks) | |
Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
Preceded by | William Hague |
Majority | 27,210 (47.2%) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1980-05-12) 12 May 1980 (age 43) Southampton, England |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 2 |
Relatives |
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Education | Lincoln College, Oxford (BA) Stanford University (MBA) |
Website | rishisunak |
In July 2022, Sunak resigned from his position as Chancellor of the Exchequer in protest against the Boris Johnson government. This caused a government crisis. Sunak later announced his candidacy for Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2022 leadership election.[3] He lost the election to Liz Truss in September. However, a month later, Truss resigned, and Sunak ran again in the second 2022 leadership election. Nobody ran against him, and he became the new Conservative Party leader on 24 October 2022. Sunak is the first non-white, first British Indian, and first Hindu person to become prime minister of the United Kingdom.[4]