King Charles III appointed Rishi Sunak as the new prime minister at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. Sunak succeeds Liz Truss – who resigned last week after just 44 days in power.
The 42-year-old former financial analyst had become leader of the Conservative Party the day before, after his rival Penny Mordaunt failed to garner enough support to stay in the race and controversial former premier Boris Johnson abandoned the idea of ​​a political comeback. .
The son of parents who emigrated from East African nations, Sunak is of Indian descent and gained notoriety in the country after leading the economy, with relative stability and strong support in government aid, amid the crisis generated by the coronavirus pandemic.
He was also one of the first to jump out of Boris Johnson’s administration when the administration plunged into a spiral of scandals – the move helped to precipitate the then prime minister’s resignation.
Sunak was the first prime minister sworn in by King Charles III, who assumed the throne in early September on the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. The monarch was at his residence in Sandringham, but returned to London for the ceremony, which also included a meeting with Liz Truss to make her resignation official.
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