SUNAK. Rishi Sunak is one of two contenders for the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Will the former economy minister succeed Boris Johnson?
From Minister of the Economy to Prime Minister? This is the sweet dream of Rishi Sunak, launched in an internal race in the British Conservative Party to try to become the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and succeed Boris Johnson. Aged just 42, the man who has been elected MP for seven years collected the most votes among his party’s MPs (137 out of 357) to be among the finalists competing to settle at 10 Downing Street, the Matignon British. The 40-year-old faces an opponent just as old as him, Liz Truss, but does not appear as the favorite. A defender of an economic policy of rigor without an increase in public spending, he was particularly in turmoil in the spring when it was revealed that his wife had a specific tax status, allowing him to escape tax in the Kingdom. -United. Information which caused an outcry and which seriously tarnished its image, even if the principal concerned decided to give it up. A member of Johnson’s government, Rishi Sunak was one of the ministers who resigned in early July to put pressure on the future ex-Prime Minister to obtain his resignation. But will he be able to win his seat?
What is the essence of Rishi Sunak’s program?
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer (Minister of the Economy), Rishi Sunak made a promise to control inflation before a cut in income tax, offset by a rise in corporate tax. On the environmental side, he promises carbon neutrality by 2050 and says he is in favor of wind turbines. A supporter of Brexit, he definitely wants to get out of all European rules.
Biography of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak, 42, was born in Southampton, in the south of England, almost on the edges of the English Channel. Coming from a family originally from India working in the medical field (mother a pharmacist and father a doctor), he graduated in philosophy, politics, economics and business administration after studying at Oxford and then Stanford, in the United States. It was there that he met Akshata Murthy, daughter of Narayana Murthy, Indian billionaire and co-founder of Infosys, a computer systems company. Passed through the world of finance for ten years at the beginning of 2000, notably at Goldman Sachs.
He then entered politics and campaigned, successfully, to be elected MP in the north of England in 2015. A position he has since ceased to occupy. A fervent supporter of Brexit, he joined Theresa May’s government in January 2018 and remained there until the summer of 2022, going from Under-Secretary of State to Chancellor of the Exchequer (Minister of Economy), after having occupied the position of number 2 within this ministry. On July 8, 2022, he resigned from his post to put pressure on Boris Johnson and force him to leave his post as Prime Minister.