Sajid Javid
Sajid Javid (born 5 December 1969)[1] is a British Conservative politician. He was the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2021 to 2022. He was the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government after being appointed by Prime Minister Theresa May on 14 July 2016. In 2018 Javid became the Home Secretary after Amber Rudd resigned.[2] In July 2019, he became Chancellor of the Exchequer for the Boris Johnson cabinet. He resigned in February 2020.
He was appointed the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on 11 May 2015.[3] Javid previously served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2014 to 2015. He was Minister for Equalities in 2014. Javid was the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Economic Secretary.[4]
Javid was considered a possible candidate for becoming Leader of the Conservative Party.[5] On 27 May 2019, Javid announced his campaign to run for Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 election.[6] On 20 June, Javid was eliminated on the fourth ballot.
In July 2022, Javid resigned from Johnson's government causing the government crisis as many other ministers also resigned. He later announced his second candidacy for Conservative Party leader in the leadership race to replace Boris Johnson.[7] A few days later, he withdrew from the race.[8]
Before entering politics Javid worked in finance. He became a vice president at Chase Manhattan Bank at age 25.[3] He later joined Deutsche Bank in London. When he left Deutsche Bank in 2009, he was a senior Managing Director.[3]
Javid is of Pakistani descent.[9]
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Stuart Popham (left) and Javid at the 2011 Conservative Party Conference in Manchester
Treasury minister Javid discussing payday lending with Jo Swinson at the Which? ministerial credit visit in 2013
Lionel Barber and Javid, 2015 Financial Times Summer Party, Mondrian Hotel, London
Queen Rania of Jordan and Javid, at Supporting Syria and the Region conference, 2016.
Home Secretary Javid with Kirstjen Nielsen, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, May 2018
Javid (left) and Rishi Sunak (right) (the first two cabinet members to resign on 5 July) pictured with Boris Johnson (centre)
Javid meeting John Bolton, United States National Security Advisor, at 11 Downing Street in 2019
References
- ↑ "Biography, Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP". My Parliament. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
- ↑ Amber Rudd's resignation letter and Theresa May's response Published by the BBC on April 30, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP". Gov.UK. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
- ↑ Owen, Paul (7 October 2013). Coalition government reshuffle. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/07/coalition-government-reshuffle-the-full-list. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
- ↑ Nicholas Watt. "Tory party: the rising stars and those fading fast". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
- ↑ "Sajid Javid to run for Tory party leader". BBC. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ↑ "Ex-health secretaries Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt join Tory leadership race". BBC News. 9 July 2022.
- ↑ "Sajid Javid pulls out of Tory leadership race". The Independent. 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ↑ "Sajid Javid: I get abuse because of my colour". BBC News. 10 May 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48226528.