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The Right Honourable
Rishi Sunak
MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded bySajid Javid
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office
24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byLiz Truss
Succeeded byTBD
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government
In office
9 January 2018 – 24 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byMarcus Jones
Succeeded byLuke Hall
Member of Parliament
for Richmond (Yorks)
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byWilliam Hague
Majority27,210 (47.2%)
Personal details
Born (1980-05-12) 12 May 1980 (age 44)
Southampton, Hampshire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Akshata Murthy
​
(m. 2009)​
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA)
Stanford University (MBA)

Rishi Sunak (born 12 May 1980) is a senior British Conservative Party politician who has served as Chancellor of the Exchequer since February 2020. He previously served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from July 2019 to February 2020, and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) since the 2015 general election.

Early life and education

Rishi Sunak was born on 12 May 1980 in Southampton, Hampshire to Yashvir and Usha Sunak. His grandparents were born in Punjab, India and emmigrated to the UK from East Africa in the 1960s.[1] His father Yashvir was a general practitioner (GP) and his mother Usha was a pharmacist who ran a local pharmacy.[2][3][4] He is the eldest of three siblings.[1]

Sunak's early education was at the independent school, Winchester College, where he was head boy.[5] Sunak then studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Lincoln College, Oxford, obtaining a First.[5] After graduating, he obtained an MBA from Stanford University, where he was a Fulbright scholar.[6][7]

Business career

Sunak worked as an analyst for investment bank Goldman Sachs.[8] He then worked for hedge fund management firm The Children's Investment Fund Management, becoming a partner in September 2006.[9] He left in November 2009[10] to join other former colleagues at new hedge fund firm Theleme Partners which launched in October 2010 with an initial $700 million.[11][12][13] Sunak was also a director of investment firm Catamaran Ventures owned by his father-in-law Indian businessman N. R. Narayana Murthy.[8][14]

Political career

Member of Parliament

Sunak was selected as the Conservative candidate for Richmond (Yorks) in October 2014. The seat had previously been held by former leader of the party and foreign secretary William Hague, who chose to stand down at the next general election.[5] Sunak was elected as MP for the constituency in the 2015 general election with a majority of 19,550 (36.2%).[15] During the 2015−2017 parliament, Sunak was a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee.[16]

He supported the UK leaving the European Union (EU) in the June 2016 membership referendum.[17] Sunak was re-elected as MP in the 2017 general election, with an increased majority of 23,108 (40.5%).[18] He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Local Government between January 2018 and July 2019.[16] Sunak voted for then Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal agreement and voted against a referendum on any withdrawal agreement.[19]

He was re-elected in the 2019 general election with an increased majority of 27,210 (47.2%).[20] During the election campaign, Sunak represented the Conservatives in both the BBC's and ITV's seven-way election debates.[21][22]

Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Sunak was selected as Chief Secretary to the Treasury by newly appointed Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 24 July 2019.[23] He became a member of the Privy Council the next day.[24]

Chancellor of the Exchequer

Sunak was promoted to be Chancellor of the Exchequer on 13 February 2020. It is his first cabinet job, as before the promotion, he was only a minister with the right to attend cabinet meetings.

Personal life

Sunak married Akshata Murthy, the daughter of Indian billionaire and co-founder of Infosys, N. R. Narayana Murthy, in August 2009. They met while studying at Stanford University and have two daughters.[5][6] He is a Hindu,[1] and has taken his oath at the House of Commons on the Bhagavad Gita since 2017.[25][26].

References

  1. ^ a b c Puri, Anjali (10 August 2015). "UK Cabinet member Rishi Sunak on being British, Indian & Hindu at same time". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Sunak, Rishi". A&C Black. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  3. ^ Gunn, Simon; Bell, Rachel (16 June 2011). Middle Classes: Their Rise and Sprawl. Orion. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-78022-073-4.
  4. ^ "Rishi Sunak". Eastern Eye. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d Roy, Amit (20 October 2014). "Murthy son-in-law gets Hague's seat". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Sudha-Narayana Murthy's son-in-law Rishi Sunak wins polls as Conservative party member". The Economic Times. 9 May 2015. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  7. ^ Kounteya Sinha (9 May 2015). "Narayana Murthy's son-in-law Rishi Sunak enters British parliament with a thumping victory". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Quite positive that Rishi will do well as a MP, says Murthy". Business Standard. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  9. ^ Hutchings, William (24 January 2007). "TCI adds four partners". Financial News. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Rishi Sunak". FCA. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Ex-TCI star emerges at rival". Financial Times. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.(subscription required)
  12. ^ "Star analyst's new fund raises $700m". Financial Times. 25 October 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.(subscription required)
  13. ^ "Tomorrow's Titans" (PDF). The Hedge Fund Journal. p. 9. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  14. ^ Sood, Varun (12 February 2019). "Narayana Murthy far behind Azim Premji in family office stakes". Livemint. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Richmond (Yorks)". parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  16. ^ a b "Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP". parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  17. ^ "EU vote: Where the cabinet and other MPs stand". BBC News. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  18. ^ "Richmond (Yorks)". parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  19. ^ "How MPs voted on May's withdrawal deal defeat". Financial Times. 29 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019.(subscription required)
  20. ^ "Richmond (Yorks)". BBC News. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  21. ^ "Election debate: the night's winners and losers". The Guardian. 29 November 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  22. ^ Mason, Rowena (1 December 2019). "ITV election debate: the winners and the losers". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  23. ^ "Full list of new ministerial and government appointments: July 2019". gov.uk. 30 July 2019. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  24. ^ "Orders Approved and Business Transacted at the Privy Council Held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 25th July 2019" (PDF). Privy Council Office. 2019. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  25. ^ Hundal, Sunny (23 June 2017). "Democracies can be strengthened by equal representation in Parliament". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  26. ^ Sonwalkar, Prasun (18 December 2019). "Indian-origin lawmakers Alok Sharma, Rishi Sunak take oath on Bhagwad Gita in UK's House of Commons". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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