At 42, Rishi Sunak is the youngest UK prime minister in trendy historical past | World News

Rishi Sunak grew to become UK's prime minister on Monday changing his as soon as management rival Liz Truss because the nation faces a extreme financial disaster. The previous UK chancellor Rishi Sunak gained the help of his social gathering to bag the highest put up turning into the primary Indian-origin prime minister of the UK.

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Born in UK's Southampton to an Indian household, Rishi Sunak is the son of a pharmacist mom and a Nationwide Well being Service (NHS) basic practitioner father.

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Not solely this, Rishi Sunak would be the youngest UK prime minister in trendy historical past on the age of 42 years.

The Richmond MP is a 12 months youthful than David Cameron - who was 43 when he took workplace. Tony Blair was additionally 43 when he grew to become prime minister in 1997.

Going again in history- all the way in which to 1783, there is just one prime minister youthful than Rishi Sunak.

William Pitt the Youthful was simply 24 when he took on the position.