The Order of Royal Succession After Queen Elizabeth II's Death

10 Downing Street officially has a caller tenant. 

On Oct. 25, Rishi Sunak was named the adjacent premier curate to pb Britain—less than a week after Liz Truss' abrupt resignation—becoming the archetypal idiosyncratic of colour to pb the authorities successful the country's history.

"I volition spot economical stableness and assurance astatine the bosom of the government's agenda," Sunak said successful a code aft gathering with King Charles III. "This volition mean hard decisions to come. But you saw maine during Covid doing everything I could to support radical and businesses with schemes similar furlough. There are ever limits, much truthful than ever, but I committedness you this. I volition bring that aforesaid compassion to the challenges we look today."

Sunak, 42, won the relation of the Conservative Party person aft his sole competitor, Penny Mordaunt, dropped retired of the contention moments earlier votes from members of Parliament were owed to beryllium announced Oct. 24. A time earlier, erstwhile Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was reportedly weighing different run, also withdrew from the enactment race.

Sunak's caller relation comes just five days aft Truss, 47, announced that she would beryllium resigning arsenic premier minister, aft serving lone 44 days successful office. The erstwhile chancellor of the Exchequer becomes the U.K.'s 3rd premier curate successful 2 months, aft Johnson stepped down successful aboriginal September and Truss' resignation successful precocious October.