The former Minister of Finance of Great Britain Rishi Sunak said that he was running for the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after Boris Johnson announced to withdraw from this post. In case of victory, Sunak will become the leader of the conservative party.
“Someone should use this moment and make the right decisions. That is why I claim to become the next leader of the conservative party and your prime minister,” the ex-Minister in the election video published on Twitter said, reports Reuters.
Sunak accompanied the message by a video in which he talks about the history of his family, who moved to English Southampton from India in the 60s of the last century. Sunak is a third -generation immigrant born in the family of a doctor and pharmacist, who was educated in Oxford and made a career in the field of finance and investment management.
TASS notes that, being the head of the Ministry of Finance, Sunak almost did not speak out on foreign policy issues, however, when it concerned the help of Ukraine, he condemned Russia’s actions and allocated large amounts to Kyiv. In early April, it became known that the Infosys Indian IT company, associated with the wife of the ex-minister and her family, leaves the Russian Federation.
42-year-old Sunak is considered the richest deputy of the House of Commons of the British Parliament. His personal fortune is estimated at $ 240 million since 2019, when Sunak was headed by the British Ministry of Finance, he instructed the management of his funds to a trust fund to avoid potential conflicts of interests. However, the nickname “Rich Rishi” (a reference to the 1994 movie “Rich Richie”) he also got thanks to his wife Akshat Murty, the daughter of Indian billionaire Narayana Murta. According to the British media, its fortune is $ 600-900 million
In the spring, Sunak was in the center of the scandal after it became known that his wife is the owner of a special tax status, who allows her to pay most of the taxes outside the kingdom as born in India. Public disputes about this circumstance were shaken by Sunak’s rating, which until recently was considered the most likely successor to Johnson and one of the most popular politicians Tory thanks to generous state allocations to support the population and business during pandemia Covid-19.