Rishi Sunak: Prime Minister of Indian descent and billionaire

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His chance to become prime minister slipped out of his hands in September. In October, that ambition became a reality. Rishi Sunak hadn’t thrown the towel when Liz Truss beat him in the primary a month ago. He did not resign as a member of parliament, nor did he go to work in the United States, as some of his acquaintances claim. He waited for the new opportunity, and it came much sooner than he expected.

England for the first time with the Altar a prime minister who is not white or Christian. He was born in the English city. Southampton to do 42 years in a family indian ancestors and hindu religionapplied.

The son of a doctor and pharmacist, he is the eldest of three siblings and his family has made great efforts to provide him with a healthcare service. elite education. Inside Oxford University, her teachers remember her as an excellent, mature student who worked hard. At that time, politics was not very important to him. His interest was mostly on the finance side and earn money. He was part of an investment club while in college, and shortly after finishing his studies, he started working at an investment club. investment banking goldman sachs.

billionaire wife

He met her in the United States while she was doing her master’s degree at Stanford University. wife Murty, daughter of an Indian billionaireHe is the founder of Infosys, which he married in 2009. His wife owns 1% of his father’s company, a £690m (€793m) stake and Marriage adds a fortune of 839 million euros. Altar He ran into trouble when it was revealed earlier in the year that his wife was listed as a non-resident for paying far less tax than she should have. Soon after, Murty announced that he would contribute to the treasury like other Brits.

Altar He came to the House of Commons as a member of the House of Commons with David Cameron’s victory in 2015, but instead declared himself a supporter of Brexit. In 2018, he achieved his first position in the government team with Theresa May. He was one of the first to support Boris Johnson, who later appointed himself Secretary of the Treasury at the head of the government, as the neoconservative leader. “The ‘Tories’ are in danger. Only Boris Johnson can save us.” Then he said Altar. A few months later, the resignation of Finance Minister Sajid Javid quickly and unexpectedly pushed him into this position of maximum responsibility.

known as tireless worker, Altarunlike many of his colleagues do not drink alcoholsuddenly faced the crisis of the pandemic. The response was to initiate a generous emergency aid and subsidy scheme similar to ERTE in other European countries. Gradually, disagreements arose with the prime minister. While Johnson wanted to lose popularity with his scandals by spending more and more money, Sunak wanted to impose fiscal discipline, control debts and increase certain taxes. resigned at the beginning of July accelerated Johnson’s fall, what was worth throwing away traitor.

Accused during the campaign in the primaries cage He was daydreaming and predicting that his economic plan would be devastating. The members, most of whom were Johnson fans, did not forgive him. Now he has the opportunity to rule the country without choosing himself at the ballot box or among the militants.

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