Rishi Sunak of Pakistani Origin Next UK Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak, 42, has won the Conservative Party leadership race to become the next UK Prime Minister. Sunak will be the third British Premier in two months. King Charles is likely to appoint him on 25 October.

As a Britain with Pakistani/Indian ancestry, Sunak will be the first person of colour and first Hindu to lead Britain. He is the youngest leader to become PM in more than 200 years.

His grandparents, Ramdas Sunak and Suhag Rani Sunak were from Gujranwala, Pakistan who moved to Africa in 1935. His parents emigrated to the UK from East Africa in 1960s.

Rishi Sunak previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022 and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2019 to 2020. His major task would be to steer the deeply divided country through an economic downturn.