1. Rishi Sunak on Tuesday made history after becoming Britain’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister.
2. He was elected unopposed as the new leader of the governing Conservative Party on Monday, following Penny Mordaunt's withdrawal from the race.
3. Rishi Sunak was a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee and parliamentary private secretary at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for two years, from 2015 to 2017.
4. Later, he served as Treasury Chief Secretary under the Boris Johnson government in 2019.
5. Sunak was promoted to Chancellor of the Exchequer in 2020, considered Britain’s second most important position.
6. Rishi Sunak, and his wife Akshata Murthy, grabbed a spot on the Sunday Times Rich List.
7. The couple joined the UK rich list recently and were both featured in the category in May 2022.
8. Sunak is married to Akshata Murthy, who is the daughter of Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy.
9. Sunak has faced criticism for his wealthy wife's non-domiciled tax status
10. The tax status allows a person who was born in another country, or if their parent is from another country, to pay tax in the UK only on their UK income.
11. Liz Truss announced her exit from the office, the Tory party backed Rishi Sunak for the post.
12. Born in UK's Southampton area to an Indian family, Rishi Sunak is the son of a pharmacist mother and a National Health Service (NHS) general practitioner father.