Sunak was born on 12 May 1980 in Southampton, Hampshire,[14] to African-born Hindu parents of Indian Punjabi descent, Yashvir and Usha Sunak.[15][16] Yashvir Sunak was born and raised in the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya (present-day Kenya), and is a general practitioner (GP) in the National Health Service (NHS), and Usha Sunak, born in Tanganyika (which later became part of Tanzania),