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Former Treasury Secretary Rishi Sunak has been appointed as the UK’s new Prime Minister.
At 42, the youngest prime minister in 210 years and from a family of Indian descent, he became the first non-white prime minister in British history.
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The new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appeared at 10 Downing Street in London.
Prime Minister Sunak, who gave his first official speech after being approved by King Charles III, said he would focus on reviving the economy and uniting the country.
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“(The Truss policy was unintentionally) a mistake, and I was elected as party leader and your prime minister to correct this mistake.”
The birth of the first non-white British Prime Minister from a family of Indian immigrants was welcomed by Indians as well as British Asians.
This is because the British, who had colonized India, were led by Indian ancestry.
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“Indians are proud that an Indian has become the Prime Minister of a country that has ruled India for at least 100 years.”
Sunak, who has gone through an elite orthodox course under a doctor father and a pharmacist mother, married the daughter of the founder of an Indian IT conglomerate.
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“The problem would be that he is not seen as a person on the side of the common people. He seems (in that sense) to be a less realistic person.”
Prime Minister Sunak must immediately address the fallout from former Prime Minister Truss, who announced his resignation 44 days after proposing a massive tax cut.
UK 10-year government bond yields fell 0.32% and the pound rose 0.9%, showing expectations for a recovery from the economic crisis.
This is Cho Myung-ah from MBC News in Paris.
Video commentary: Lee Yoo-kyung (Paris) / Video editing: Oh Yu-rim
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