Rishi Sunak

The Right Honourable Rishi Sunak MP
Official portrait, 2022
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office 25 October 2022 – 5 July 2024
Monarch	Charles III
Deputy	Dominic Raab Oliver Dowden
Preceded by	Liz Truss
Succeeded by	Keir Starmer
Leader of the Opposition
In office 5 July 2024 – 2 November 2024
Monarch	Charles III
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Deputy	Oliver Dowden
Preceded by	Keir Starmer
Succeeded by	Kemi Badenoch
Leader of the Conservative Party
In office 24 October 2022 – 2 November 2024[a]
Preceded by	Liz Truss
Succeeded by	Kemi Badenoch
Ministerial portfolios 2018‍–‍2022 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 2018–2019 Local Government
Member of Parliament for Richmond and Northallerton
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by	William Hague
Majority	12,185 (25.1%)[1]
Personal details
Born	(1980-05-12) 12 May 1980 (age 44) Southampton, Hampshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Akshata Murty ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	2
Relatives	N. R. Narayana Murthy (father-in-law) Sudha Murty (mother-in-law) Rohan Murty (brother-in-law)
Education	Winchester College University of Oxford (BA) Stanford University (MBA)
Website	rishisunak.com
Rishi Sunak's voice Sunak's first speech as prime minister Recorded 25 October 2022

Rishi Sunak (born 12 May 1980) is a British politician who served as the 57th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2022 until 2024.^[2][3] He was Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Boris Johnson government from 2020 to 2022.^[4] He is a member of the Conservative Party and has been a Member of Parliament since the 2015 general election.

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.^[5] 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, first Punjabi , and first Hindu person to become prime minister of the United Kingdom.^[6]
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1. ↑ "Richmond and Northallerton results". BBC News. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
2. ↑ Lawless, Jill (25 October 2022). "Sunak takes over as UK prime minister amid economic crisis". AP.
3. ↑ "Outgoing UK PM Rishi Sunak quits as Conservative Party leader after crushing election defeat". CNBC. 5 July 2024.
4. ↑ Heffer, Greg (18 February 2020). "Budget 2020 to remain on 11 March, new Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirms". Sky News. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
5. ↑ "Ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak launches bid to be Conservative leader". BBC News. 8 July 2022.
6. ↑ "Rishi Sunak Is Britain's Next Prime Minister. Here's What To Know". TIME. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.