Rishi Sunak enters race to become Britain's next prime minister

Former British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday entered the race to replace Liz Truss as prime minister.

Sunak, who was chancellor from 2020 to July 5, made it to the final round in the race to succeed Boris Johnson before losing to Truss when the vote was put to party members. Conservative Party’s national membership favored Truss by 57.4% to 42.6%.

The BBC and Washington Post reported Sunak and Johnson held talks late Saturday.

If elected, Sunak would become the country’s first prime minister of South Asian descent. He was born in Southampton, England, to parents of Indian origin emigrated from East Africa.