British politician Rishi Sunak was on Monday elected as the Conservative leader and will become the next prime minister after rival Penny Mordaunt failed to secure the necessary 100 nominations from her fellow MPs. Here are five lesser-known facts about him. Pics/AFP
Updated On: 2022-10-24 07:05 PM IST
He was born in the UK's Southampton area to an Indian family. Rishi Sunak is the son of a pharmacist mother and a National Health Service general practitioner father
Sunak’s grandparents hail from Punjab
He married Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy’s daughter Akshata Murty in the year 2009
Before entering politics, Rishi Sunak worked as an analyst for an investment bank
Rishi Sunak was fined for breaching Covid-19 lockdown laws in the 'Partygate' scandal
Suna has become the first Indian-origin man on UK PM seat
