On October 25, local time, Rishi Sunak, who had just been elected as the leader of the British Conservative Party, accepted the official appointment of King Charles III of the United Kingdom at Buckingham Palace and became the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Rishi Sunak, 42, is Britain’s third prime minister in the last seven weeks and the first Asian prime minister in British history. Sunak is also Britain’s youngest since 1812, according to the BBC. the Prime Minister.
On October 25, 2022, in London, England, Sunak arrived at Buckingham Palace to accept the official appointment of King Charles III of the United Kingdom as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Sunak will begin the process of forming a new cabinet after receiving a mandate from King Charles III. Later, after returning to Downing Street from Buckingham Palace, Sunak will deliver his inaugural speech in front of the Prime Minister’s Office.
Before the appointment of Rishi Sunak, Charles III accepted a formal resignation from Elizabeth Truss earlier in the day. On October 20, 2022, Truss announced his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister after 45 days in office.
Sunak was born in Southampton, England in 1980. Elected to the Conservative Party in 2015. Became Chancellor of the Exchequer on 13 February 2020. On July 5, 2022, Sunak announced his resignation from the government after losing confidence in the leadership of then Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He then participated in the Conservative Party leadership election, but lost to Truss. On October 24, 2022, in the latest round of the Conservative Party leadership election, Rishi Sunak, as the only candidate eligible for the candidacy, was automatically elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party.
