Richie Sunak, the former British Chancellor of the Exchequer, became the new leader of the ruling Conservative Party on the 24th. With the approval of the King of England, he will become Prime Minister of Britain. The 1922 Committee, a group of Conservative MPs in the House of Commons of the British Parliament, said that in the afternoon of the same day, within the specified time limit for nomination of candidates, only Sunak had won the support of more than 100 Conservative MPs and qualified to run for the new party leader. The committee then confirmed Sunak as the new leader of the Conservative Party. According to the procedure, Sunak will form a new cabinet and formally assume the post of Prime Minister after being authorized by King Charles III. According to the regulations, the new leader of the ruling party takes over the post of Prime Minister until the next parliamentary election. The term of office of the current parliament will end in December 2024. On the 20th of this month, Elizabeth Trass announced her resignation as Prime Minister and as the head of the Conservative Party. The Conservatives then entered the process of electing a new leader. During this period, opposition parties such as the British Labour Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Scottish National Party requested to hold an early general election. Sunak is 42 years old and graduated from Oxford University. He was elected as a member of the House of Commons in 2015 and became the Minister of Finance in 2020. He resigned from this position at the beginning of July this year, and then participated in the Conservative Party's first election, but lost to Truss. The BBC said Sunak will become the first Asian Prime Minister in British history and the youngest British Prime Minister in more than 100 years. (Liu Xinshe)