当地时间10月24日，英国前财政大臣里希·苏纳克(Rishi Sunak)当选英国执政党保守党的新党首。他将接任曾经的竞争对手特拉斯，成为英国新一任首相。
首相之路刚开篇，他就刷新两个纪录：英国历史上第一位印度裔首相，英国200多年来最年轻的首相。
The next prime minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, has embraced his Indian and Hindu heritage — and on Monday, people across the former British colony proudly celebrated his victory.
据美联社报道，里希·苏纳克将出任下一任英国首相，并成为英国历史上首位印度裔首相。众所周知，印度曾是英国的殖民地，而苏纳克从不回避自己的印度裔身份和印度教传统，因此这一事件也让广大印度人欢呼雀跃。
Social media and TV channels in India were awash with congratulations for the 42-year-old Sunak, who is set to become the first person of color to lead Britain. The former Treasury chief was chosen by a governing Conservative Party desperate for a safe pair of hands to guide the country through economic and political turbulence.印度的社交媒体和电视频道充斥着对42岁的苏纳克的祝贺，他将成为第一位领导英国的有色人种。这位前财政部长是由执政党保守党选择的，该党迫切需要一双手来引导国家度过经济和政治难关。“It is a moment of pride for India that the country which ruled us for many years has now a prime minister of Indian heritage,” said Manoj Garg, a New Delhi businessman.新德里商人马诺杰·加格(Manoj Garg)表示：“对印度来说，这是一个骄傲的时刻，这个统治我们多年的国家现在有了一位印度裔总理。”His ancestral link is not his only association with India. He is married to Akshata Murty, whose father is Indian billionaire N.R. Narayana Murthy, founder of tech giant Infosys.他的祖先并不是他与印度的唯一联系。他的妻子是阿克莎塔·穆尔蒂(Akshata Murty)，她的父亲是印度亿万富翁、IT服务业巨头Infosys联合创始人纳拉亚那·穆尔蒂。“Today, as India celebrates Diwali in its 75th year as an independent nation, the U.K. gets an Indian-origin Prime Minister. History comes full circle,” lawmaker Raghav Chadha tweeted.印度议员拉加夫·查达(RaghavChadha)在推特上写道：“今天，印度作为一个独立国家庆祝排灯节（印度最重要的节日之一）75周年，英国迎来了一位印度裔首相。历史开始了一个完整的循环。”Others celebrated Sunak as a “proud Hindu," saying he did not shy away from embracing his faith and Indian culture. 其他人称赞苏纳克是“值得我们骄傲的印度人”，说他从不回避接受自己的印度信仰和文化。“I am thoroughly British, this is my home and my country, but my cultural heritage is Indian,” he told reporters in 2020.“我完全是一个英国人，英国就是我的家和我的国家，但从宗教和文化遗产来看我是印度人，”他在2020年告诉记者。U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday called the expected naming of Rishi Sunak as Britain's next prime minister and first person of color to hold the job "a groundbreaking milestone."美国总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)周一表示，苏纳克将出任下一任英国首相，也是第一位担任这一职务的有色人种，这是“一个开创性的里程碑”。
Biden, speaking at a White House event to mark the Indian holiday of Diwali, said Sunak, who is also of Indian descent, was expected to be named prime minister on Tuesday after seeing King Charles.拜登在白宫纪念印度排灯节的活动上说，具有印度血统的苏纳克预计将在周二会见国王查尔斯后被正式任命为英国首相。Sunak, a 42-year-old multimillionaire former hedge fund boss won the race to lead the Conservative Party on Monday and will become the country's youngest leader in modern times - and its third in less than two months.42岁的超级富豪苏纳克赢得了周一保守党领袖的竞选，将成为该国现代最年轻的领导人，也是不到两个月内的第三位领导人。"We've got news that Rishi Sunak is now the prime minister," Biden said. "He's expected to become the prime minister I think tomorrow when he goes to see the King. Pretty astounding. A groundbreaking milestone and it matters."美国总统拜登表示：“我们得到消息，里希·苏纳克将出任下一任英国首相，我想他明天去会见查尔斯国王时，将被正式任命。这相当不可思议，是一个突破性的里程碑，意义重大。”苏纳克显然已经创造了历史。但在生活成本高企、经济增长停滞、民怨沸腾，脱欧“后遗症”层出不穷的情况下，苏纳克能够带领英国再次创造历史吗？素材来源：Yahoo News、Reuters、中新网