Rishi Sunak Prime Minister-designate of the United Kingdom Assuming office 25 October 2022 Monarch Charles III Succeeding Liz Truss Leader of the Conservative Party Incumbent Assumed office 24 October 2022 Preceded by Liz Truss 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 for Local Government In office 9 January 2018 – 24 July 2019 Prime Minister Theresa May Preceded by Marcus Jones Succeeded by Luke Hall Member of Parliament for Richmond (Yorks) Incumbent Assumed office 7 May 2015 Preceded by William Hague Majority 27,210 (47.2%) Personal details Born 12 May 1980 (age 42) Southampton, Hampshire, England Political party Conservative Spouse Akshata Murty ​(m. 2009)​ Children 2 Relatives N. R. Narayana Murthy (father-in-law) Sudha Murty (mother-in-law) Education Winchester College Alma mater Lincoln College, Oxford (BA) Stanford University (MBA) Signature Website rishisunak.com Rishi Sunak (/ˈrɪʃiː ˈsuːnæk/; born 12 May 1980) is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister-designate of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 24 October 2022. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022 and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2019 to 2020. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) since 2015. Sunak was born in Southampton to parents of Punjabi Indian descent who migrated to Britain from East Africa in the 1960s. He was educated at Winchester College, read philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) at Lincoln College, Oxford, and gained an MBA from Stanford University in California as a Fulbright Scholar. While studying at Stanford, he met his future wife Akshata Murty, the daughter of N. R. Narayana Murthy, the Indian billionaire businessman who founded Infosys. Sunak and Murty are the 222nd richest people in Britain, with a combined fortune of £730m as of 2022.[5] After graduating, Sunak worked for Goldman Sachs and later as a partner at the hedge fund firms the Children's Investment Fund Management and Theleme Partners. Sunak was elected to the House of Commons for Richmond in North Yorkshire at the 2015 general election, succeeding William Hague. Sunak supported Brexit in the 2016 referendum on EU membership. He was appointed to Theresa May's second government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government in the 2018 reshuffle. He voted three times in favour of May's Brexit withdrawal agreement. After May resigned, Sunak supported Boris Johnson's campaign to become Conservative leader. After Johnson was elected and appointed Prime Minister, he appointed Sunak as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Sunak replaced Sajid Javid as Chancellor of the Exchequer after his resignation in the February 2020 cabinet reshuffle. As Chancellor, Sunak was prominent in the government's financial response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact, including the Coronavirus Job Retention and Eat Out to Help Out schemes. He resigned as chancellor on 5 July 2022, followed by Johnson's resignation amid a government crisis. Sunak stood in the Conservative party leadership election to replace Johnson, and lost the members' vote to Liz Truss. Following Truss's resignation amid another government crisis, Sunak was elected unopposed as Leader of the Conservative Party[8] and is set to become the next British prime minister. Chancellor of the Exchequer (2020–22) Rishi Sunak Chancellorship of Rishi Sunak 13 February 2020 – 5 July 2022 Chancellor Rishi Sunak Party Conservative Nominated by Boris Johnson Appointed by Elizabeth II Seat 11 Downing Street ← Sajid JavidNadhim Zahawi → Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg Coat of arms of HM Government Appointment In the weeks before Sunak's appointment as chancellor of the Exchequer, press briefings suggested that a new economic ministry led by Sunak might be established to reduce the power and influence of Chancellor Javid at the Treasury. Sunak was considered a Johnson loyalist, favoured by Johnson's chief adviser Dominic Cummings, and was seen as the "rising star" that had ably represented Johnson during the 2019 election debates. In February 2020, The Guardian reported that Javid would remain in his role as Chancellor and that Sunak would remain chief secretary to the Treasury, so that Cummings could "keep an eye" on Javid. On 13 February, Sunak was promoted to chancellor as part of a cabinet reshuffle. Javid had resigned that day following a meeting with Johnson. During the meeting, Johnson had offered to keep his position on the condition that he dismiss all of his advisers at the Treasury, to be replaced with individuals selected by Cummings. Javid told the Press Association that "no self-respecting minister would accept those terms". Some political commentators saw Sunak's appointment as signalling the end of the Treasury's independence from Downing Street, with Robert Shrimsley, chief political commentator of the Financial Times, arguing that "good government often depends on senior ministers – and the Chancellor in particular – being able to fight bad ideas". Sunak is expected to be appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by King Charles III on 25 October 2022, making him the first British Asian prime minister, as well as the first non-Christian. He will also be the youngest prime minister since William Pitt the Younger. He is most likely the first PM to get in by default and without one vote. General opinion of the British Public - This was pre-planned Coup by Globalist MPs - One now awaits the 'Digital Currency' and the reverse of Brexit and this will be the downfall of the UK as a Sovereignty???? The British people conclude the political classes have betrayed the people.