Sunak Officially Takes Office as UK Prime Minister on 25th... Audience with King Charles III

Rishi Sunak, the newly appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] Rishi Sunak, the designated Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, will officially take office as the 79th Prime Minister on the 25th (local time).

The Prime Minister's Office announced on the 24th that Sunak will have an audience with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on the morning of the 25th.

In the UK's parliamentary system, the monarch meets the designated Prime Minister, requests them to form a cabinet, and then approves their appointment.

Sunak is scheduled to deliver his inaugural speech at around 11:35 a.m. in front of 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister's Office, as per tradition.

Sunak, who was confirmed as the sole candidate for Conservative Party leader and designated Prime Minister on the 24th, will be the first Prime Minister approved by King Charles III, who ascended the throne on September 8.

Prior to this, Prime Minister Liz Truss will hold her final cabinet meeting at 9 a.m., deliver a speech outside the Prime Minister's Office at 10:15 a.m., and then go to Buckingham Palace to formally report her resignation to King Charles III.

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