Former UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak was defeated by Liz Truss on Monday, putting an end to hopes of seeing an Indian-origin person in 10 Downing Street.
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Truss will be the fourth Conservative prime minister in six years, succeeding Boris Johnson, Theresa May, and David Cameron.
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Liz Truss is the UK's 56th Prime Minister and the country's third female Prime Minister.
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Born in Southampton to parents of Indian descent who migrated to Britain from East Africa in the 1960s, Sunak was educated at Winchester College.
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Rishi Sunak is a Conservative Party member who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) since 2015.
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He then studied philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE) at Lincoln College, Oxford.
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He met his future wife Akshata Murty, the daughter of N. R. Narayana Murthy, the Indian billionaire businessman who founded Infosys, while studying at Stanford.
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Sunak and Murty are the 222nd wealthiest people in the United Kingdom, with a combined fortune of £730 million as of 2022.
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On July 24, 2019, Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Sunak as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, reporting to Chancellor Sajid Javid.
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Sunak announced his candidacy for the Conservative Party leadership election to replace Johnson on July 8, 2022.
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Sunak announced his campaign in a social media video, writing that he would "restore trust, rebuild the economy, and reunite the country."
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Sunak married Akshata Murty, the daughter of Infosys founder and Indian billionaire N. R. Narayana Murthy, in August 2009.
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