British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed Indian Origin Rishi Sunak as his new Finance Minister.
Mr. Sunak, 39, who previously served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the second in command to the Finance Minister, succeeds Pakistan-born Sajid Javid, who has resigned.
About Rishi Sunak
- His father was a GP, and his mother was a pharmacist. His parents – who are of Indian origin – came to the UK from east Africa.
- He was born in 1980 in Southampton in Hampshire, and studied at the exclusive private school Winchester College.
- He has been the Conservative MP for Richmond in Yorkshire since 2015.
- His wife – Akshata Murthy – is the daughter of Indian billionaire and co-founder of IT services giant Infosys Narayana Murthy.
- In July 2019, he was appointed as the chief secretary to the Treasury, after being parliamentary under-secretary in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government from January 2018 to July 2019.
