# Rishi Sunak becomes prime minister (2022)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/2022-rishi-sunak-becomes-prime-minister
Categories: ruler-change

Sunak succeeded Liz Truss after a period of severe political and market instability. Within the broader Postwar & Modern Uk period, decolonization, welfare institutions, migration, European integration and withdrawal, devolution and social change reshaped the modern United Kingdom. This event is placed at 25 October 2022 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. He became the first British Asian and first Hindu prime minister of the United Kingdom.

## Why it matters
He became the first British Asian and first Hindu prime minister of the United Kingdom.

Ruler at the time: [Charles III](https://english-history.com/rulers/charles-iii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Rishi Sunak becomes prime minister](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Rishi+Sunak+becomes+prime+minister&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Rishi Sunak becomes prime minister](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Rishi+Sunak+becomes+prime+minister)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — Postwar collection](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/postwar/)