英国将迎来首位印度裔首相

The United Kingdom’s former finance minister Rishi Sunak has won the race to replace Prime Minister Liz Truss on Monday.

Sunak triumphed after fellow leadership hopeful Penny Mordaunt withdrew after failing to secure the backing of the 100 Conservative Party members of Parliament she needed to remain in the race. It was a benchmark she had to pass by 2 pm on Monday if she was to remain a contender.

After being declared winner of the leadership battle, Sunak was set to address lawmakers in Parliament later on Monday for the first time as national leader.

He will become the UK's first British Asian prime minister, and at the age of 42, the youngest in more than a century.

Earlier, Sunak got a boost when former prime minister Boris Johnson withdrew from the battle, saying it was “simply not the right time” for him to seek re-election and urging his backers to get behind Sunak. 

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