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Who are the people in Rishi Sunak's life?

Who are the people in Rishi Sunak's life?

After somewhat of a chaotic year in the UK when it comes to politics, we finally got "settled" with our new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak. He became Prime Minister on 25th October 2022. Read on to find out more about the people in his life...

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Akshata Murthy: a wealthy wife

Akshata Murthy: a wealthy wife

Akshata Murthy is Rishi Sunak's wife, and an Indian heiress and fashion designer. Her father is N.R Narayana Murthy, a founder of Indian multi-national IT company Infosys. She met Rishi at Stanford University in California.

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Sunak's daughters

Sunak's daughters

Krishna and Anoushka Sunak are Rishi and Akshata's daughters. Very little is known about them, but Anoushka has already been seen at events with her father. Both daughters attend a £44k/year school with students such as Harper Beckham.

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Sajid Javid: Sunak's Jedi Master

Sajid Javid: Sunak's Jedi Master

It was revealed that Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak are very good friends. They both resigned within 8 minutes of each other in protest of Boris Johnson's leadership, but that's not the only thing they have in common! They also have a shared love of Star Wars, and Sunak calls Javid his "Jedi Master".

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Boris Johnson: Sunak's former ally

Boris Johnson: Sunak's former ally

Once close allies, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak found themselves head-to-head for the role as Prime Minister following Liz Truss' shock resignation. Rishi also resigned in protest of Boris Johnson's reign. A lot of MPs supported Sunak, as opposed to Johnson, who sparked great controversy with the Partygate scandal.

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King Charles III and Sunak: the perfect match?

King Charles III and Sunak: the perfect match?

In King Charles III's short reign, he has already seen two Prime Ministers in office. When Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister, it was Charles who invited Rishi to form a government. They have a lot of things in common - they both want to encourage diversity in Britain. And with Britain's first Hindu Prime Minister, that's surely the way to start!

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Dominic Raab: the right-hand

Dominic Raab: the right-hand

It wasn't a secret that Dominic Raab and Rishi Sunak got along well, but when bullying claims hit Downing Street, it was Raab who was accused. Rishi immediately jumped to Dominic's defense, and said he "did not recognize him in the claims".

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Matt Hancock: a past colleague

Matt Hancock: a past colleague

Matt Hancock and Rishi Sunak have had a rocky relationship - especially recently with Matt's appearance on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! When questioned on what he thought of politicians appearing on reality TV shows, Rishi told reporters at the G20 summit: "I think the British public will make up their own mind".

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Tony Blair and Sunak: amongst UK's youngest PM

Tony Blair and Sunak: amongst UK's youngest PM

So how are Rishi Sunak and Tony Blair linked? Apart from their age when they came into office, Rishi actually wrote a piece about Tony Blair when he became Prime Minister in 1997. The piece complained about Blair's plans for "membership of a European superstate".

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Jeremy Hunt: Sunak's Mr Stability

Jeremy Hunt: Sunak's Mr Stability

Jeremy Hunt was appointed as chancellor after Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister. Rishi calls Jeremy "Mr Stability", and fellow colleagues have said they're the perfect team to deal with Great Britain's issues.

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Liz Truss: a former challenger

Liz Truss: a former challenger

Rishi Sunak just missed out to Liz Truss after Boris Johnson resigned earlier this summer. Their relationship is quite heated, with sources saying "Truss mania is getting to their heads". Rishi got what he always wanted, when Truss resigned after a chaotic 44 days in office.

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William Hague: a fierce supporter

William Hague: a fierce supporter

William Hague has been a supporter of Rishi Sunak for a while. After losing out to Liz Truss, William pleaded for others to install him as party chief. Hague said that Sunak's campaign for Richmond in 2015 was "assiduous".

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Joe Biden: a powerful ally

Joe Biden: a powerful ally

Though President Joe Biden struggled to pronounce Rishi Sunak's name when he became Prime Minister, they have a strong relationship in very little time. Biden told Sunak during a call, "UK remains America's closest ally". They are both going to continue support for Ukraine.

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Gordon Brown: a friend and advisor

Gordon Brown: a friend and advisor

It may seem unlikely, but Gordon Brown and Rishi Sunak are in fact great friends. They have had several discussions about the best approach to economic diplomacy. Sunak often goes to former Prime Minister Brown for advice.

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Emmanuel Macron and Sunak: to live a political bromance?

Emmanuel Macron and Sunak: to live a political bromance?

Rumour has it that a bromance has formed between Rishi Sunak and the French President, Emmanuel Macron. Both from banking backgrounds, they have a lot in common! This new-found friendship is set to improve Anglo-French relations, as Rishi stressed the importance of having France as an ally.

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Gavin Williamson: a controversial ally

Gavin Williamson: a controversial ally

Rishi had barely been in office when bullying claims were made against Gavin Williamson. Rumour has it that Rishi Sunak was made aware of the claims but still reappointed him to government. However, Downing Street refuted these claims.

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Isaac Herzog: his jewish ally

Isaac Herzog: his jewish ally

Rishi Sunak made it very clear that he was supportive of the Jewish community, so it's no wonder that he has President of Israel Isaac Herzog's backing. Herzog said that Sunak was a "great friend of Israel", and they are planning to discuss climate change, economic development and maintaining regional stability.

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Narendra Modi and Sunak symbolises UK-India ties

Narendra Modi and Sunak symbolises UK-India ties

Narendra Modi, India's Prime Minister, has created a strong relationship with Rishi Sunak. Modi said that India attaches a great importance to the robust UK-India ties, while discussing trade, mobility, defence and security. They are planning to put into place a UK-India free trade deal.

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John Glen: a friend and ally from Salisbury

John Glen: a friend and ally from Salisbury

MP John Glen has publicly shown support to Rishi Sunak in the race to become the next Prime Minister. He also used to work for Rishi in the Treasury, and only resigned at the beginning of 2022. Speaking about Rishi, John said "We need a Prime Minister with intelligence, commitment, and clear resolve".

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Matthew Le Tissier: Sunak’s childhood hero

Matthew Le Tissier: Sunak’s childhood hero

The England and Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier is known for his free kicks was a great player in the 1990s. As the Prime Minister was born in Southampton, the same city where the footballer spent his entire professional club career, he claimed Matt Le Tissier was his childhood hero.

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Allegra Stratton: Sunak’s close friend

Allegra Stratton: Sunak’s close friend

James Forsyth’s wife Allegra Stratton is also another person in Rishi Sunak’s life. The former Downing Street Press Secretary and the PM have developed a healthy relationship and Sunak’s presence in her marriage to James Forsyth as the best man is the evidence. Allegra Stratton is also the godmother to the Prime Minister’s children.

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Cody Rigsby: Peloton Instructor

Cody Rigsby: Peloton Instructor

The UK’s prime minister starts his mornings with some exercise on the Peloton workouts led by Cody Rigsby. Mr. Sunak listens to a lot of Britney Spears as the peloton bike includes the sound of the pop icon.

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James Forsyth: Sunak’s close friend

James Forsyth: Sunak’s close friend

The political journalist James Forsyth and Rishi Sunak are close friends as the pair went to Winchester College together. They have a strong relationship because the former political editor of The Spectator magazine served as the PM’s best man at his wedding and vice versa. James Forsyth was also appointed as his political secretary by his friend.

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Michael Gove: Sunak’s right-hand

Michael Gove: Sunak’s right-hand

The former UK minister, Michael Gove endorsed Rishi Sunak for Prime Minister. On 25 October 2022, the Rt Hon Michael Gove was appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations in the UK by Rishi Sunak.

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Penny Mordaunt: Sunak's rival

Penny Mordaunt: Sunak's rival

Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt were two potential candidates for Britain's previous Conservative Party leader. The former Defence Secretary withdrew her prime minister bid, and she was appointed Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council on September 6, 2022.

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Suella Braverman and Sunak: The two Indian Origin leaders

Suella Braverman and Sunak: The two Indian Origin leaders

The Attorney General in the British Cabinet Suella Braverman and PM Rishi Sunak have much in common as both are 43 and UK-born Indian-origin politicians who supported Brexit in the 2016 referendum.

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Sunak’s brother: a psychologist

Sunak’s brother: a psychologist

The Prime Minister is the eldest of three siblings, and his brother Sanjay Sunak is a doctor in psychology. He was raised in Southampton, Hampshire with his siblings and attended the prestigious schools there.

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Raakhi Williams: Sunak’s young sister

Raakhi Williams: Sunak’s young sister

Rishi Sunak's younger sister Raakhi Williams who lives in New York works as chief of strategy and planning at the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies. She is married to an international aid specialist Peter Williams.

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Sunak's mother: a pharmacist

Sunak's mother: a pharmacist

Usha Sunak is Rishi's mother. She was born in Tanganyika, which later became a part of Tanzania. She was a pharmacist who ran her own pharmacy and she is currently the director and pharmacist at Sunak Pharmacy. Rishi also has 2 siblings.

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Sunak's father: a doctor

Sunak's father: a doctor

Yashvir Sunak is Rishi's father, who was born and raised in the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya (present-day Kenya). He was a family doctor who became a general practicioner. Along with his wife, Usha, they moved to the UK from East Africa in the 1960s.

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