Sajid Javid

The Right Honourable Sir
Sajid Javid
Official portrait, 2020
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byPhilip Hammond
Succeeded byRishi Sunak
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
In office
26 June 2021 – 5 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byMatt Hancock
Succeeded bySteve Barclay
Home Secretary
In office
30 April 2018 – 24 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byAmber Rudd
Succeeded byPriti Patel
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government[a]
In office
13 July 2016 – 30 April 2018
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byGreg Clark
Succeeded byJames Brokenshire
In office
12 May 2015 – 13 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byVince Cable
Succeeded byGreg Clark
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
In office
9 April 2014 – 11 May 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byMaria Miller
Succeeded byJohn Whittingdale
Minister for Equalities
In office
9 April 2014 – 15 July 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byMaria Miller
Succeeded byNicky Morgan
Junior ministerial offices
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
7 October 2013 – 9 April 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byGreg Clark
Succeeded byNicky Morgan
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
In office
4 September 2012 – 7 October 2013
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byChloe Smith
Succeeded byNicky Morgan
In office
6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byJulie Kirkbride
Succeeded byBradley Thomas
Personal details
Born (1969-12-05) 5 December 1969 (age 54)
Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Laura King
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(m. 1997)​
Children4
Residences
Education
Alma materUniversity of Exeter (BA)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • economist
  • former banker
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  1. ^ Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from July 2016 until January 2018

Sir Sajid Javid (/ˈsædʒɪd ˈdʒævɪd/; born 5 December 1969) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from June 2021 to July 2022, having previously served as Home Secretary from 2018 to 2019 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2019 to 2020. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove between 2010 and 2024.

Born in Rochdale, Lancashire, to a British Pakistani family, Javid was raised largely in Bristol. He studied Economics and Politics at the University of Exeter, where he joined the Conservative Party. Working in banking, he rose to become a managing director at Deutsche Bank. He was elected to the House of Commons in May 2010. Under the coalition government of David Cameron he was a Junior Treasury Minister before being promoted to Cameron's Cabinet as Culture Secretary, following Maria Miller's resignation. Following the 2015 general election, Cameron promoted Javid to Business Secretary.

Javid was a prominent supporter of the unsuccessful Britain Stronger in Europe campaign for the UK to remain in the European Union. Following the 2016 referendum vote to leave the European Union, he went on to serve under Cameron's successor Prime Minister Theresa May, as Communities Secretary from 2016 to 2018. When Amber Rudd resigned as a result of the Windrush scandal in 2018, Javid was appointed as her successor as Home Secretary, becoming the first British Asian and first Muslim to hold one of the Great Offices of State. Following May's resignation, Javid stood for election as Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 leadership contest, finishing in fourth place. The successful candidate, Boris Johnson, appointed him Chancellor of the Exchequer in his first Cabinet. Javid resigned as Chancellor during the February 2020 cabinet reshuffle after refusing a demand from Johnson and his chief adviser Dominic Cummings that he dismiss his advisers, and was succeeded by Rishi Sunak.

In June 2021, following the resignation of Matt Hancock, he was reappointed to Johnson's cabinet as Health Secretary. This made him a prominent figure in the UK government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which he supported an end to most generalised public health restrictions, such as face mask mandates until the emergence of the highly transmissible Deltacron hybrid variant from June 2021 until the end of March 2022, and he also expanded the COVID-19 vaccination programme in the United Kingdom. Following the Chris Pincher scandal, Javid resigned as Health Secretary on 5 July 2022, and was the first of 62 Conservative MPs to resign their government positions during the government crisis, which culminated in Johnson's own resignation. He returned to the backbenches and was succeeded by Steve Barclay. Javid stood to replace Johnson in the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election but withdrew from the race before he could be nominated, subsequently endorsing Liz Truss. He later endorsed Sunak in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, and stood down as an MP at the 2024 general election.[1] He was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2024 New Year Honours for political and public service.[2]

  1. ^ Riley-Smith, Ben (10 April 2023). "Rishi Sunak plans autumn 2024 general election in hope of shock victory". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).