By Anita
Rishi Sunak, 42, is set to become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after winning the Conservative leadership election on Monday.
He is now the Conservative Party’s new leader in the United Kingdom. According to Sir Graham Brady’s announcement, the 1922 Committee received only one nomination for the new leader of the party, which was supported by 100 MPs. Sunak was thus proclaimed by Sir Brady to be the new party leader and, as a result, the new Prime Minister.
Sunak will be the third leader of Britain this year and the first person of color to hold the position.
Liz Truss, who resigned as prime minister last week after 45 turbulent days in power and left behind a floundering economy and a fractured party, will be replaced by him.
His lone opponent, Penny Mordaunt, gave in and withdrew after falling short of the required number of 100 conservative parliamentarians for nomination.
Sunak will now be asked to form a government by King Charles III. He will take over as Prime Minister from Truss later on Monday, October 24, or Tuesday, October 25.
Sunak’s victory is historic: he is the first British prime minister of South Asian origin, the first Hindu, and the youngest in 200 years.
