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Rishi Sunak who is 42 years old, will take office as the 57th prime minister of the UK, younger than all of his predecessors except William Pitt. Rishi Sunak will serve as both the first Hindu prime minister and the first person of color to lead the UK.
By becoming the first Prime Minister of Indian descent in Britain, Rishi Sunak has written history. Boris Johnson, his former boss, and Penny Mordaunt were unable to secure the support of 100 MPs necessary to run in the elections.
Here are a few facts about Rishi Sunak
- In the Parliament, Yorkshire’s Rishi Sunak took an oath based on the Bhagavad Gita. He was the first member of the UK parliament to do so.
- His parents are both of Indian ancestry. In the 1960s, Sunak’s parents, who were pharmacists, immigrated to the UK from East Africa. Usha Sunak, Sunak’s mother, was a pharmacist, while Sunak’s father, Yashvir Sunak, worked as a medical practitioner for the National Health Service.
- Akshata Murty, the daughter of Infosys CEO Narayana Murthy, is Rishi Sunak’s wife. They have Krishna and Anoushka as their daughters.
- Education was a crucial component of parenting in the Sunak household, as it is in the majority of Indian homes. Former investment banker Rishi Sunak is a Stanford University alum.
- Rishi Sunak is heavily invested in UK real estate and has a net worth of over 700 million pounds. In addition to their Yorkshire estate, Rishi and his wife Akshata also own a home in Kensington in the heart of London.
