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25/10/22 23:20 PM IST

Rishi Sunak

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  • Rishi Sunak recently became Britain's third prime minister this year and the first person of colour to lead the former imperial power, vowing to mend the "mistakes" of Liz Truss's calamitous 49-day tenure.
About Sunak 
  • Rishi Sunak, 42, is the first British Asian prime minister since more than 200 years and will also be the youngest.
  • He succeeds Liz Truss, who had to resign in disgrace when her tax-cutting schemes failed within two months.
  • Even before Truss’s tax-cutting budget sent shockwaves through the market and caused the pound to plummet, the economy he inherited was on the verge of entering a recession.
  • After being forced to resign as Prime Minister in part because Mr. Rishi Sunak resigned as Chancellor, Boris Johnson may not be given a position in his cabinet.
  • The parents of Mr. Rishi Sunak are of Indian descent and arrived in the UK in the 1960s via East Africa.
  • He is wed to Akshata Murty, who is the daughter of Infosys founder Narayana Murthy.
Source- Live Mint 

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