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Kwasi Kwarteng's stint as Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) goes down as the second shortest in British history.
British-born and of Ghanaian heritage, Kwarteng was Chancellor for only 38 days, achieving the awkward distinction of being the official runner-up to Iain McLeod who served for 30 days in 1970 before dying of a heart attack.
On Friday Prime Minister Liz Truss fired Kwarteng for proposing tax cuts in a mini-budget, a move that elicited a negative reception from MPs and confusion from the British public.
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