The Right Honourable Sajid Javid MP |
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Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | |
Assumed office 14 July 2016 |
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Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | Greg Clark |
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills | |
In office 11 May 2015 – 14 July 2016 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Sir Vince Cable |
Succeeded by | Greg Clark (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) |
President of the Board of Trade | |
In office 11 May 2015 – 14 July 2016 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Sir Vince Cable |
Succeeded by | Greg Clark |
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
In office 9 April 2014 – 11 May 2015 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Maria Miller |
Succeeded by | John Whittingdale |
Minister for Equalities | |
In office 9 April 2014 – 15 July 2014 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Maria Miller (Women and Equalities) |
Succeeded by | Nicky Morgan (Women and Equalities) |
Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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Preceded by | Julie Kirkbride |
Majority | 16,529 (31.6%) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Rochdale, England, UK |
5 December 1969
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Laura Javid (1996–present) |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater |
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College University of Exeter |
Website | Official website |
Sajid Javid PC MP (born 5 December 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician and former managing director at Deutsche Bank. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bromsgrove since 2010, and has served as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government since July 2016. He was Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade from 2015 to 2016.
Javid previously served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2014 to 2015, Minister for Equalities in 2014, Financial Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister from 2013 to 2014 and Economic Secretary from 2012 to 2013.
Javid was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, one of five sons of parents of Pakistani descent. His father was a bus driver. His family moved from Lancashire to Stapleton Road, Bristol.