Rishi Sunak – Britain’s New Prime Minister
Syllabus – GS 2, Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on India’s interests, Indian Diaspora.
Prelims – Rishi Sunak – Britain’s new Prime Minister.Â
Context – Shri Narendra Modi congratulated Rishi Sunak on Twitter.
Details –
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Rishi Sunak on being appointed as the new Prime Minister of U.K and said he would look forward to working closely together on global issues and implementing the roadmap 2030.
About Rishi Sunak –
- Rishi Sunak is the U.K’s first Asian-origin non-white Prime Minister to be elected to the top post. At the age of 42, he is the youngest British Prime Minister in over 200 years.
- Rishi was born on 12th May 1980 in Southampton, England to parents of Indian descent who had emigrated from East Africa to Britain.
- Sunak served as a Chief Secretary to the Treasury from July – February 2020 and as a Chancellor of the Exchequer from February 2020 – July 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been a Member of Parliament since 2015.Â
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