Rishi Sunak is Britain’s new Prime Minister
      
1980: Rishi Sunak born in Southampton, England, to family doctor father and pharmacist mother
  
1992-98: Attends exclusive private school, Winchester College

1998-2001: Studies philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford

2001: Begins career as analyst for Goldman Sachs

2004-07: Studies for MBA at Stanford University in California. Meets future wife Akshata Murty, daughter of Indian billionaire Narayana Murthy. Couple have two daughters

2007-13: Works for two highly-profitable hedge funds, including as partner at Children’s Investment Fund. Sunak now thought to be among richest MPs in Parliament

2014: Selected as Conservative candidate for Richmond in Yorkshire. Becomes MP in 2015
 
2018: Given first ministerial job in Theresa May’s government
 
2019: Appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Prime Minister Boris Johnson
 
2020: Promoted to Chancellor of the Exchequer. Unveils £350 billion Covid aid package
 
Apr 2022: Fined by police for breaking lockdown rules in 2020. Sunak’s wife bows to pressure to pay UK taxes after her financial affairs come under scrutiny

Jul: Resigns as chancellor in move that contributes to Johnson’s ultimate downfall. Joins race to succeed his former boss
    
Sep: Comes second in election behind Foreign Secretary Liz Truss
  
Oct: Truss resigns. Sunak wins bid to becomes Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister after withdrawals of rivals Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt
  

Sources: BBC, The Guardian 
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