New Delhi: Indian-origin lawmaker Rishi Sunak who happens to be the son-in-law of Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy, has been inducted into British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government in the reshuffle of her top team of ministers and secretaries on Monday.
The 36-year-old has been appointed as an undersecretary of state in Britain’s Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Theresa May’s office tweeted late Tuesday night: “Rishi Sunak MP becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Rishi Sunak MP becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government @mhclg #Reshuffle pic.twitter.com/C46oGC7O3z
— UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) January 9, 2018
Rishi Sunak won the constituency of Richmond in North Yorkshire in the 2015 general elections in the country.
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Sunak, an Oxford University graduate, co-founded a London-based global investment firm and entered politics in 2014.
Akshata Murthy was his classmate at the Stanford Business School. The couple has two daughters, Krishna and Anoushka.