Rishi Sunak: Everything you need to know about the Prime Minister’s family

Rishi Sunak is the new Prime Minister of Great Britain after winning the support of an overwhelming majority of the Conservative Parliamentary Party following a disastrous reign Liz Truss.

Mr. Sunak is a familiar face after serving as Boris Johnsonchancellor in everything Corona virus infection covid-19 pandemic, when he ran a £69bn holiday scheme to keep people in work and the Eat Out to Help Out campaign to boost economic growth.

At the time, he was also criticized after he got into the Partygate a furor over which he received a fixed penalty notice, over revelations about his wealthy wife’s tax strategies and over his unpopular spring statement earlier this year, which was seen as not going far enough to protect the public from a worsening cost-of-living crisis.

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Many Tories also did not forgive Mr Sunak for “flip-flopping” on Mr Johnson with the health secretary Sajid Javidafter the pair resigned in early July over the Chris Pincher scandal, which sparked a deluge that eventually led to the departure of more than 60 ministers and eventually forced the prime minister out of office.

That sentiment is believed to have been a factor in his defeat in this summer’s protracted leadership contest to replace Mr Johnson, which Ms Truss eventually won, to the chagrin of almost everyone.

On a more positive note for Mr Sunak, the disastrous nature of her six-week premiership proved that every one of his criticisms of her “fabulous” economic policies was entirely valid, giving him the legitimacy he needed to win a second term , when asked and will hopefully reassure global financial markets, which have so lost faith in Britain under Ms Truss.

Here’s everything we know about the family of Britain’s new Prime Minister, the first Hindu to head the country:

Who are his parents and grandparents?

Mr Sunak was born in Southampton on 12th May 1980, his parents Yashvir and Usha Sunak are GPs and Pharmacists respectively.

The couple were originally from Kenya and Tanzania before emigrating to the UK in the 1960s, both with roots in Punjab, India.

Mr. Sunak’s paternal grandfather, Ramdas Sunak, according to reports arrived in Nairobi to work as a clerk in 1935 from Gujranwala, then in British India and now in Pakistan, giving that country a claim on the new Prime Minister’s legacy.

The latter’s wife, Suhag Rani Sunak, Mr. Sunak’s paternal grandmother, is said to have spent two years in Delhi before reuniting with her husband in Kenya in 1937.

Who are Rishi Sunaka’s siblings?

Mr. Sunak is the eldest of their three children: his brother Sanjay works as a psychologist and his sister Raahi works as head of strategy and planning at Education Cannot Wait, the UN’s global education fund.

Who is married to?

He is married to Daughter of Indian billionaire Akshat Murthy, whom he met while studying for a Master of Business Administration at Stanford University, California.

Her father, NR Narayana Murthy, is commonly referred to as the ‘Indian Steve Jobs’ and Ms Murthy is believed to own a 0.91 per cent stake in his company, Infosys, which is valued at £700m.

Her other professional interests include Akshata Designs, her own fashion label, and she is listed on LinkedIn as the director of equity and private equity at Catamaran Ventures, gym chain Digme Fitness and New & Lingwood, a menswear manufacturer.

How many children do they have?

The couple have two daughters, Krishna and Anushka, who they have largely tried to keep out of the media spotlight, although they have appeared alongside their father in campaigns this summer as he battled Ms Truss in competitions across the country.

They also have a labrador named Nova.

The Sunaks are believed to own four properties, including a Grade II-listed estate in Kirby Sigston near Northallerton in the Richmond constituency in Yorkshire, a five-bedroom townhouse in South Kensington, London, another flat nearby and penthouse in Santa Monica, California, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

The Sunday Times rich list estimated their combined wealth at £730 million in May 2022, making them one of the richest couples in Britain and certainly in Westminster.