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10 Downing Street is the official residence and the office of the British Prime Minister.
May 23, 2024 · 10 Downing Street, address in London of the official office and residence of the prime minister of the United Kingdom and, by extension, the name of the building itself.
The current Prime Minister is Rishi Sunak. 10 Downing Street houses the UK Cabinet Room in which Cabinet meetings take place, chaired by the Prime Minister. It also houses the Prime Minister's Executive Office , which deals with government logistics and diplomacy.
Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister on 25 October 2022. He was previously appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer from 13 February 2020 to 5 July 2022.
The prime minister's official residence and office is 10 Downing Street in London. [7] Fifty-seven people (fifty-four men and three women) have served as prime minister, the first of whom was Robert Walpole taking office on 3 April 1721.
Bottom right: Rishi Sunak is the incumbent, and first non-white and British Asian prime minister. The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the principal minister of the crown of His Majesty's Government, and the head of the British Cabinet.
Number 10 Downing Street had several distinguished residents between 1688 and the early 1730s when King George II presented it to Sir Robert Walpole, then First Lord of the Treasury and effectively the first Prime Minister. Walpole refused to accept the property as a personal gift.
