Sunak officially becomes UK PM

Rishi Sunak formally took over as Britain’s prime minister on October 25 and will begin assembling his cabinet, after a comeback victory that doubled as a historical milestone, making him the first person of color to occupy the country’s highest political office, Report informs referring to The New York Times.

The 42-year-old son of Indian immigrants, Sunak won the Conservative Party contest to replace his short-lived predecessor as prime minister, Liz Truss.

Now, in the biggest role of a political career that has already had its ups and downs, Sunak confronts the twin challenge of reunifying his fractured party and navigating Britain through its gravest economic crisis in a generation.