Rishi Sunak was born in Southampton to Indian parents. His father was born and raised in the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, while his mother Usha was born in Tanganyika.
His grandparents were born in Punjab Province, British India and emigrated from East Africa with their children to the UK in the 1960s. Yashvir was a general practitioner, and Usha was a pharmacist who ran a local pharmacy.
What religion is Rishi Sunak?
Rishi Sunak is a Hindu. He has taken his oath at the House of Commons on the Bhagavad Gita since 2017.
He was previously a governor of the East London Science School. Sunak has a Labrador called Nova.