Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak beat out Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt after Liz Truss resigned after just six weeks.
RELATED: British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after less than two months
Sunak, 42, will be the fifth British prime minister in six years, the third in less than two months. He is Britain's first Hindu prime minister, and the country's first leader of color. He won an internal party contest to be the country's new leader following Truss' Oct. 20 resignation. Her tenure was the shortest ever for a British prime minister and was marked by economic turmoil.
British voters elect a party, not a specific leader, meaning the ruling party has latitude to change a prime minister without calling an election. Because Sunak won the party contest, he automatically becomes prime minister.
Sunak is a former banker and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer – finance minister – in Boris Johnson's government. He oversaw Johnson's package of economic support for businesses and employees during the coronavirus pandemic but resigned over the summer citing a "fundamentally different" economic approach to dealing with Britain's cost of living crisis and government "standards," a reference to Johnson's gaffe-prone, controversial leadership style that has led to several allegations of misbehavior.
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The 75th year of independence has indeed been special 🔥🇮🇳look how the dice rolls….Reverse Uno card 😂
@Fraser Quibell the dude is clearly an Indian genetics are carried congrats to India.
@Gino Capella I hope ,he delivers
I mean its a globalised world and we need a stable England .
@INDIAN TRAVELLER ofcourse man peace and prosperity to all ethnicities .
@Fraser Quibell He is Indian, and reverse UNO to England
It about time to free Julian Assange Rishi sunak 🌵
History has finally come full Circle 🇮🇳. For the brilliant shinning Trojan horse of ours, is well placed over the crown.
Trojan horse !? What you smoking ?
On Diwali as well!! Happy Diwali everyone around the world!! Finally, an Indian becomes Prime minster of the UK
He’s not Indian
Indian Decent
@locknight He is Indian Hindu
True, an Indian VP in USA, and PM In London….
@locknight just to you know….Indian as in ethnicity.. not nationality. like Obama was African American.
INDIA’S REVENGE FINAlly
So US has made a move to get attention of India and move closer to western block.
Congrats 🎊 Rishi ! You did it .Happy diwali in advance to UK 🇬🇧.
Try to return our priceless looted treasures rishi hahaha 😂 congrats man 🇮🇳🤘we are so happy an Indian blood becomes the pm of Britain colonizers
@Cyrus The Great Sorry, you can’t take credit for modern inventions from basic human 1+1 logic. India would have been the modern super power if they had the capability that Euros had and they simply didn’t. Accept reality and move on.
@Jim Morrows I don’t see any point talking to mad man from a culture who couldn’t even find a solution to simple writing numbers!
When your ancestors believed flat earth is 6000 years old, Surya siddantha had finished all the calculations.
I don’t need to talk, you will see India growing under the protection of Hindu prime minister!
Enjoy
@Cyrus The Great Too simple writing number lmao can’t make this up. Hmm weird then how every white country is still more advanced and better off than India, which is still an emerging economy to this day. Again, if India had all this information why didn’t they capitalize on it in the past? They had the number over Europeans. If they had the tech, why didn’t they repel colonials? Give me some more excuses.
UK’s Prime minister and US’s Vice President are Indian origin 😎
@DriveDawn How? I was just saying his skin color. That’s all that matters these day, he’s brown. Lol
@Formula91 No that does not matter to South Asians. Origin and to some extent faith matters as well. South Asians come in all shades from pale to really dark brown. But yes the fairer South Asians are coincidentally less successful in the West.
@DriveDawn Oh really? Where at specifically are you talking about in South asia?
@Formula91 South Asia is a global reference phrase for the Indian sub-continent.
Well now GB will really be going cheap
Prime minister of UK : Indian
Mayor of London: Pakistani
The utter revenge of the biggest British former colony: Taking over power in England.
Both are upper class British
@locknight lock your brain..
It’s leaking
@locknight Considering that they don’t teach you about colonialism in school, you wouldn’t get what it means for South Asians to be acknowledged in a kingdom that once ruled them.
@locknight it has started
Happy Diwali PM Rishi Sunak! 🙏🇬🇧
Congratulation Prime Minister.
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
i hope atleast the hinduphobia decreases in uk…
And i dont think he will be having a soft corner for india becz if he does then he will no longer be pm
True, we can only be proud of him but he will not benefit India in anyway as he will be trying to be impartial..
Well well well, how the turn tables.
First HINDU PM of a western country..that to UK
What if Liz Truss runs as a liberal Democrat. And debates Rishi Sunak for the 2nd time? Now that will be a must watch.
ऋषि सुनक जीत की बधाई एवं दीपावली की हार्दिक सुभकामनाये ❤️🙏
The German was returning home from hunting. He orders his wife to roast the captured hare. His wife says there is no gas. A German on firewood. There is no oil at home. The German got angry and threw the hare away. The hare dusted himself off, stood up to his full height. How he shouts – Glory to Russia, glory to Putin! 🐰♥️🇷🇺