Rishi Sunak Becomes the PM of the United Kingdom

Who is Rishi Sunak?

Rishi Sunak was born on 12th May 1980 in Southampton, the United Kingdom (UK), to an Indian-origin family. His grandparents were born in Punjab when India was under British rule, while his parents were born in Africa. Sunak studied at both Oxford and Stanford (amazing!). Sunak was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) from Richmond, Yorkshire in 2015. He also supported “Brexit.” In February 2020, he was named Chancellor of the Exchequer, one of the most important posts in the UK government. Recently, he became the Prime Minister (PM) of the UK, replacing Liz Truss, who had earlier resigned from this post.

Why did Liz Truss resign?

Liz Truss became the PM of the UK after Boris Johnson resigned on 7th July 2022. Later, on 20th October 2022, she also resigned from this post.

She resigned as the PM as a result of a failed tax-cutting plan that negatively affected the financial markets. Also, the members of her Conservative Party turned against her.

Everyone is now waiting to see how Rishi Sunak's time as the country's PM goes.

What is Rishi Sunak’s vision as the PM of the United Kingdom?

Rishi Sunak is the UK's first Asian PM and the country's youngest PM in over 200 years. He said that he would be working to uplift the country. He also aims to ease the country's economic difficulties.

Leaders from all over the world have congratulated Sunak and promised to work together to improve diplomatic relations between their countries and the UK.

What did we learn from this article?

Earlier, Rishi Sunak lost the chance to become the Prime Minister to Liz Truss. Yet, he is the Prime Minister today. So we learn that even if we lose sometimes, newer and better things will always come to us. No loss is too big to overcome.