On May 12, 1980, Rishi Sunak was born in Southampton to Yashvir and Usha Sunak, two Hindu parents of Indian Punjabi origin who were born in Africa.
His mother was born and raised in Tanganyika (which later became part of Tanzania), and his father in the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya (current-day Kenya)
Both of Sunak's grandfathers were born in the Punjab region of British India and moved to the UK in the 1960s with their families from East Africa
Usha Sunak, Sunak's mother, was a pharmacist, while Sunak's father, Yashvir Sunak, worked as a medical practitioner for the National Health Service.
Rishi Sunak frequently talks about his heritage and how his family constantly reminded him of culture and morals.