He is 42. He got married in 2009 and has two children.
He formerly was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022 and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2019 to 2020.
He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) since 2015.
His parents came to the UK from East Africa and are both of Indian origin. Sunak was born in Southampton in 1980, where his father was a GP and his mother ran a pharmacy. He is now set to be the first British Asian prime minister.
He clashed with the former PM during the previous leadership race, claiming her plan to borrow money during an inflation crisis was a “fairytale” that would plunge the economy into chaos.
His wife is Akshata Murthy, the daughter of Indian billionaire Narayana Murthy. Mr Sunak himself has worked for investment bank Goldman Sachs and at two hedge funds.
The Sunday Times Rich List estimates the couple’s fortune to be worth about £730m.
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