Rishi Sunak appointed as the 57th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by King Charles

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King Charles of the United Kingdom appointed Rishi Sunak as the 57th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 25 October 2022 at Buckingham Palace in London.

He is the third Prime Minister of this year after Boris Johnson and Elizabeth Truss and will enter Downing Street as the youngest Prime Minister in two centuries. He is 42 years old.

is also the first Asian to become the Prime Minister.

Rishi Sunak who was the Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) during Boris Johnson's regime lost to Elizabeth Truss in a contest to be the next Prime minister.

However he was elected as the leader of the Conservative party after Truss resigned after being in office for just 44 days.

Who is Rishi Sunak? 

Rishi Sunak's father and mother are of Punjabi descent and were born in Kenya and Tanzania respectively, which were part of British Empire.

They migrated to the United Kingdom in 1970’s and Rishi Sunak was born in England. 

He is married to Akshata Murthy, the daughter of Indian billionaire and one of the founders of Infosys Company, Narayana Murthy.

Important things to know 

10 Downing Street

 It is the official residence of the Prime Minister of United Kingdom 

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace has served as the official London residence of the United Kingdom's sovereigns since 1837 and today is the administrative headquarters of the Monarch. 

Robert Walpole is considered to be the first Prime Minister of Britain (1721-1742) and also the first Prime Minister in the world.