Trivia

Although he announced his decision to run for prime minister of the United Kingdom on 8 July 2022, the day after Boris Johnson's resignation, he had already registered the internet domain for his leadership bid's website on 23 December 2021.

In April 2022, he became the first Chancellor of the Exchequer in British history to be criminally sanctioned while in office.

After comic Frankie Boyle called him "a guy whose greatest desire in life is to be pegged by Thatcher's ghost" on Episode #26.2 (2022), eleven viewers complained.

He is the first non-white person to serve as prime minister of the United Kingdom, being of Punjabi Indian descent. He is also the first non-Christian PM, being Hindu.

Following the resignation of Liz Truss as prime minister of the United Kingdom after only 45 days in office, Sunak launched a second bid for the leadership of the Conservative Party and won unopposed on October 24, making him prime minister-designate.

Lost the September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election to Liz Truss, 57-43%.

He is the first prime minister to be appointed by King Charles III -- not just of the UK, but of all 15 realms where Charles is head of state.

At 42, he is the youngest UK prime minister since Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (served 1812-1827).

Graduated from University of Oxford, and later earned an MBA from Stanford University.

He is estimated to be the wealthiest person to ever serve as UK prime minister, with an estimated net worth of £730 million ($837 million) with his wife Akshata Murty as of October 2022.

The first Prime Minister since Clement Attlee not to have Queen Elizabeth II as their monarch.

On 15 November 2023, Suella Braverman, his former Home Secretary, responded to Sunak firing her with a public letter calling him "uncertain, weak, and lacking in the qualities of leadership that this country needs".

The 38-year age gap between him and US President Joe Biden is the widest between a sitting British Prime Minister and a sitting US President ever in history.

His favourite politician is Narendra Modi.