当地时间10月24日，英国保守党党首竞选结果出炉。英国议会下议院领袖莫当特承认失败，退出党首竞选，英国前财政大臣里希·苏纳克作为唯一一名候选人，自动当选英国保守党新党首，并将接替伊丽莎白·特拉斯，出任英国首相。
The United Kingdom’s former finance minister Rishi Sunak has won the race to replace Prime Minister Liz Truss on Monday.
Sunak triumphed after fellow leadership hopeful Penny Mordaunt withdrew after failing to secure the backing of the 100 Conservative Party members of Parliament she needed to remain in the race. It was a benchmark she had to pass by 2 pm on Monday if she was to remain a contender.
这是英国2个月以来的第3位首相，印度裔的苏纳克也将成为英国首位有色人种首相，并且也是近100年内，英国最年轻的首相。
After being declared winner of the leadership battle, Sunak was set to address lawmakers in Parliament later on Monday for the first time as national leader.
He will become the UK’s first British Asian prime minister, and at the age of 42, the youngest in more than a century.
特拉斯于上周四宣布辞去英国首相，她表示将在一周内找到接替她的保守党党首后正式辞职。周末，英国前首相鲍里斯·约翰逊宣布退出保守党党内竞选，苏纳克旋即成为最有竞争力的党首候选人。
今年42岁的苏纳克出生于英国南安普顿，2015年成为保守党议员，2020年2月13日成为时任首相鲍里斯·约翰逊政府的财政大臣。
Earlier, Sunak got a boost when former prime minister Boris Johnson withdrew from the battle, saying it was “simply not the right time” for him to seek re-election and urging his backers to get behind Sunak.
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