KING CHARLES OFFICIALLY APPOINTS RISHI SUNAK BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
The King appointed Rishi Sunak as leader of the U.K. Parliament following his victory in the contest to lead the Conservative Party on Monday.
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It marked the first time King Charles, 73, has formally asked a new prime minister to form a government, as he inherited Sunak's predecessor Liz Truss when he acceded to the throne at the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8. Truss resigned last week after just 45 days, when she lost the confidence of the majority Conservative Party.
Sunak was met by the King's two private secretaries, Sir Clive Alderson and Sir Edward Young, and Charles's equerry Lt. Col. Jonny Thompson and escorted to the audience in the palace's 1844 Room.
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After the meeting Buckingham Palace said in a statement, "The King received in Audience The Right Honourable Rishi Sunak MP today and requested him to form a new Administration. Mr. Sunak accepted His Majesty's offer and kissed hands upon his appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury."
Earlier, Charles met the outgoing Liz Truss, which Buckingham Palace saying she had "an audience of The King this morning and tendered her resignation as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, which His Majesty was graciously please to accept."
While Charles's mother Queen Elizabeth saw 15 prime ministers — from Winston Churchill to Truss — across her more than 70 years on the throne, Charles has now had two in under two months.
Queen Elizabeth and the 15 Prime Ministers of Her 70-Year Reign — from Winston Churchill to Liz Truss
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Truss was prime minister for less than two days of the Queen's reign, as the monarch died two days after Truss was appointed. Truss also has the distinction of being the shortest-serving U.K. prime minister in history, as she announced her resignation six weeks after visiting the Queen at Balmoral Castle in Scotland for her formal appointment on Sept. 6.
The appearance was the last public duty for the Queen before her death on Sept. 8.
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With Queen Elizabeth's death and King Charles' accession, Truss became the first U.K. prime minister since Winston Churchill to serve under two different monarchs. Churchill served as prime minister from 1940 to 1945, then again from 1951 to 1955 alongside King George VI, Queen Elizabeth's father who died in 1952.
Truss was the third and youngest woman to serve as U.K. prime minister, behind Margaret Thatcher (1979 to 1990) and Theresa May (2016 to 2019). Before her was Boris Johnson, who also traveled to Balmoral for a formal farewell from the Queen on Sept. 6.
Sunak makes history as the first U.K. prime minister of British Asian heritage. It came on a poignant week for him, as Monday was the first day of Diwali, the annual festival of lights.
About Rishi Sunak, the New British Prime Minister
Sunak was born in Southampton to parents of Indian descent who migrated to Britain from East Africa in the 1960. He was educated at Winchester College, earned a degree in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) at Lincoln College, Oxford, and an MBA from Stanford University in California as a Fulbright Scholar. https://lightningbarrelwretch.com/wmbjwx7qh?key=96498b2f466e8c2cbd762be251230122
While 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.[7] 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.
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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. He was appointed Prime Minister on 25 October 2022, becoming the first British Asian, first Hindu and richest person to hold that position.
Sunak has come under fire for his well known extreme wealth. Political opponents have branded him “out of touch” and “living on another planet” when it comes to the hardships facing the general public.
How much is Rishi Sunak worth?
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He became the first member of a British cabinet to be included in the Sunday Times richlist of the 100 richest people in the UK. Sunak and his wike Akshata Murthy have a combined fortune of £730 million ($838 million). This is around double the wealth of King Charles III.
The majority of Sunak’s money comes from his wife. She is the daughter of N. R. Narayana Murthy the founder of software giant Infosys. She owns 0.91 percent of the company which translates to £720 million of the couples wealth. She was at the centre of a row over tax paying as under law she does not have to pay UK tax despite being the spouse of a member of the British government and living mostly in the UK.
Sunak himself went to Winchester College before reading PPE at Oxford University, a common occurence for British prime ministers to have been a student at either of these schools. He was a professional investor and financier before entering politics.
How tall is the new prime minister?
Another question that has been on people’s minds and discussed on social media is the height of Rishi Sunak. According to GQ magazine he stands at 5 foot 6 inches (170 cm). While this makes him only two inches shorter than former PM Boris Johnson, his slight figure combined with his height has become the source of memes on Twitter over the last few days.
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