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Rishi Sunak To Be United Kingdom's Next Prime Minister
Swarajya Staff
Oct 24, 2022, 07:15 PM | Updated 07:15 PM IST
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Rishi Sunak will be the new prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Sunak is all set to make history as Britain’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister after being elected unopposed as the new leader of the governing Conservative Party, following Penny Mordaunt's withdrawal from the race.
Interestingly, this development comes on the festival of Deepavali.
The 42-year-old former chancellor was comfortably in the lead, having secured the public backing of over half the 357 Tory MPs – way above the 100 minimum required to make the shortlist.
In time for the 1400 local time Monday deadline, Sir Graham Brady, chair of the influential 1922 Committee of backbench MPs, announced in the Parliament complex that he had received only one nomination and therefore Sunak is the winner of the leadership contest.
This means Sunak is poised to walk through the door of 10 Downing Street in London after an audience with King Charles III in Buckingham Palace, the timeframe of which will become known soon.
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