Rishi Sunak to become next UK Prime Minister

London: Rishi Sunak is set to be Britain‘s Prime Minister after he won the race to lead the Conservative Party, Reuters reported.

Sunak, 42, will become the country’s youngest leader in modern times – and it’s third in less than two months – as he takes over during one of the most turbulent eras in British political history.

Sunak is expected to take office after being formally appointed by the King. He replaces Liz Truss, who only lasted 44 days before she said she would resign.

He told his lawmakers in parliament on Monday that they faced an “existential crisis” and must “unite or die”. He told the country it faced a “profound economic challenge”.

“We now need stability and unity, and I will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together,” he said. Rishi Sunank Prime Minister Rishi Sunank Prime Minister

About Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak is a British politician who is the prime minister-designate of the United Kingdom and has served as Leader of the Conservative Party since 24 October 2022. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022 and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2019 to 2020. He has been a member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) since 2015.

Sunak was born in Southampton to parents of Indian descent who migrated to Britain from East Africa in the 1960s.[3][4][5] 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. While studying at Stanford, he met his future wife Akshata Murty, the daughter of N. R. Narayana Murthy, the Indian billionaire businessman who founded Infosys. After graduating, Sunak worked for Goldman Sachs and later as a partner at the hedge fund firms the Children’s Investment Fund Management and Theleme Partners.