{"id":399026,"date":"2022-10-25T10:18:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T04:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=399026"},"modified":"2022-10-26T14:04:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T08:34:31","slug":"rishi-sunak-uk-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/rishi-sunak-uk-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak becomes UK Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ethnic Indian and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak was appointed as United Kingdom Prime Minister on Tuesday. Nearly two months ago, he lost his race to fellow Conservative Liz Truss. On Thursday, Truss resigned from her post amid massive economic and political crisis in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royal Family of Britain today informed on Twitter that the king asked him to form a new administration. Sunak accepted King Charles&#8217; offer and was appointed Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The King received The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP at Buckingham Palace today.<br><br>His Majesty asked him to form a new Administration. Mr. Sunak accepted His Majesty&#39;s offer and was appointed Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UnT3jMS8so\">pic.twitter.com\/UnT3jMS8so<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalFamily\/status\/1584859948227657728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Liz Truss said that in the given situation, she could not carry out the mandate for which she was elected. She also accepted that she could not deliver the promises she made when she was running for the Conservative leader. She lost the faith of her party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rishi Sunak said on Twitter that they were facing a profound economic crisis in United Kingdom. That\u2019s why he was standing to be Leader of the Conservative Party and their next Prime Minister. He wanted to fix their economy, unite their Party and deliver for their country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The United Kingdom is a great country but we face a profound economic crisis.<br><br>That\u2019s why I am standing to be Leader of the Conservative Party and your next Prime Minister. <br><br>I want to fix our economy, unite our Party and deliver for our country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BppG9CytAK\">pic.twitter.com\/BppG9CytAK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RishiSunak\/status\/1584114970723512321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rishi Sunak also mentioned the achievements of former UK PM Boris Johnson. He wrote that Boris Johnson delivered Brexit and the great vaccine roll-out. He led their country through some of the toughest challenges they have ever faced, and then took on Putin and his barbaric war in Ukraine. Although he decided not to turn PM again. He further requested him to contribute to public life at home and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/ Boris Johnson delivered Brexit and the great vaccine roll-out. <br><br>He led our country through some of the toughest challenges we have ever faced, and then took on Putin and his barbaric war in Ukraine. <br><br>We will always be grateful to him for that.<\/p>&mdash; Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RishiSunak\/status\/1584294866544394240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He claimed that he has a track record of delivery, a clear plan to fix biggest problems they were facing and he would deliver on the promise of the 2019 manifesto. There would be integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level of the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rishi Sunak, 42, is a Hindu. He took oath as Yorkshire MP on the Bhagvad Gita. His parents migrated from pre-Partition India to East Africa. They then migrated to the UK in the 1960s. His father, Yashvir Sunak, was a National Health Service general practitioner and mother, Usha Sunak, ran a chemist shop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rishi Sunak wrote on Twitter that they were facing a profound economic crisis in United Kingdom. That\u2019s why he was standing to be Leader of the Conservative Party and their next Prime Minister. 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