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As she heads to No. 10 Downing St., Truss looks eager to rule in the image of the famously blunt and strong-willed iconoclast — whose legacy still divides this country. Her victory means she will become the country’s third female leader, after Thatcher and The “Iron Lady,” as Thatcher was known, was the 20th century’s longest serving British leader and birthed an ideology — Thatcherism — that still dominates the party with its low-tax, high-growth economic liberalism. Serving as premier from 1979 to 1990, when she was forced to resign by her own government, Thatcher was a strident cold warrior and a supporter of free markets, and especially close to Whether intentional or not, observers and the public have pointed out, Truss appears to have a habit of re-creating iconic Thatcher public appearances. Left, Thatcher visiting British troops in Germany in September 1986. Right, Truss during NATO exercises in Estonia in November. AP file / Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing street While serving as foreign secretary, Truss was accused of consciously mirroring Thatcher by posing in a Challenger 2 tank while visiting British troops in Estonia — reminiscent of a famous picture of Thatcher in a Challenger tank in Germany in 1986. When visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Kremlin in February, she wore a faux fur hat that again was compared to that worn by Thatcher on a Russia trip in 1987. During the Conservative leadership contest, Truss wore an outfit strikingly similar ...

• • • • Sunak is the third prime minister to lead the United Kingdom since July, after Boris Johnson was Sunak, a 42-year-old multimillionaire, His meteoric rise through politics has earned him the moniker “Dishy Rishi” thanks to his youthful looks, sharp suits and smooth manner. Rishi Sunak beat out his only competitor after Boris Johnson bowed out of the race. Getty Images Rishi Sunak waves at Conservative party headquarters in London after the big win. AP “It is the greatest privilege of my life to be able to serve the party I love and give back to the country I owe so much to,” Sunak said in a statement after his win. “The United Kingdom is a great country. But there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge. We now need stability and unity, and I will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together.” Here’s everything we know about the UK’s new top boss. Family and personal life Sunak was born in 1980 on the southern English coast in Southampton to a father who was a family doctor and a mother who ran a local pharmacy. His parents, both of Indian descent, emigrated to the country from East Africa in the 1960s. Sunak’s grandparents were originally from the Punjab region. The new prime minister has spoken often about the sacrifices his parents made to afford sending him to Winchester College as a teenager, a boarding school in Hampshire that’s considered one of the most prestigious in the world. Sunak went on to Oxford University, where he...

Patrick Colson-Price, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Britain's leader At the White House, Sunak and Biden held wide-ranging talks dominated by global security, the dangers (and benefits) of artificial intelligence and economic concerns from Ukraine to stubbornly high inflation. The two leaders said at a joint White House news conference that they had reached an agreement that would improve cooperation between the two countries on clean energy transition, development of emerging technologies, and protecting technology that is critical to national security. "The global economy is undergoing the greatest transformation that has occurred since the industrial revolution," Biden said at the start of their Oval Office meeting. Sunak arrived in the U.S. capital late Tuesday. On Wednesday, the first full day of his trip, he laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery, met with business leaders and senior lawmakers, and attended a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and Arizona Diamondbacks, although he declined a chance to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. “As you guys know, my sport is more cricket than baseball,” Sunak told British reporters on the flight over. A quick recap on Rishi Sunak: Who is he? Sunak, 43, is the fifth British prime minister to hold the role in seven years. He replaced Liz Truss, who latest all but two months on the job. She succeeded the mercurial, gaffe-prone and COVID-lockdown avoiding Boris Johnson. Sunak is Britain's first leader of South Asian...

Show Less Rishi Sunak, (born May 12, 1980, Southampton, England), British politician and financier who became leader of the Early life Sunak was born into a family with immigrant roots. His grandparents emigrated from As a result of his parents’ sacrifices and saving to fund his education, Sunak was able to attend After graduating from Oxford in 2001, Sunak became an analyst for Goldman Sachs, working for the investment banking company until 2004. As a Fulbright scholar, he then pursued an MBA at Akshata Murthy, daughter of The Sunday Times. (Some sources estimated Akshata Murthy’s net Political career In 2010 Sunak began working for the Conservative Party. During this period he also became involved with Policy Exchange, a leading Conservative A Portrait of Modern Britain, a pamphlet that Sunak wrote with Saratha Rajeswaran, deputy head of the BME unit. In 2014 Sunak was chosen as the Conservative Party’s candidate for the From 2015 to 2017 he was a member of the Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. During Sunak’s Sunak’s “Eat Out to Help Out” scheme, aimed at supporting restaurants and pubs with government-subsidized food and drinks, was viewed by some observers as a rousing success, but critics pointed to it as having likely played a significant role in the emergence of a catastrophic spike in COVID-19 cases in autumn 2020. Nonetheless, the portrait of Sunak that arose during the Sunak’s gleaming brand was tarnished, however, by a s...