Sajid Javid

**Sajid Javid** (born 5 December 1969) 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. 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.  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.

Javid was considered a possible candidate for becoming Leader of the Conservative Party. On 27 May 2019, Javid announced his campaign to run for Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 election. 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. A few days later, he withdrew from the race.

Before entering politics Javid worked in finance. He became a vice president at Chase Manhattan Bank at age 25. He later joined Deutsche Bank in London. When he left Deutsche Bank in 2009, he was a senior Managing Director.

Javid is of Pakistani descent.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Sajid Javid
- **image**: Sajid Javid Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2021
- **office**: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
- **primeminister**: Boris Johnson
- **term start**: 26 June 2021
- **term end**: 5 July 2022
- **predecessor**: Matt Hancock
- **successor**: Steve Barclay
- **office1**: Chancellor of the Exchequer
- **primeminister1**: Boris Johnson
- **term start1**: 24 July 2019
- **term end1**: 13 February 2020
- **predecessor1**: Philip Hammond
- **successor1**: Rishi Sunak
- **office2**: Home Secretary
- **primeminister2**: Theresa May
- **term start2**: 30 April 2018
- **term end2**: 24 July 2019
- **predecessor2**: Amber Rudd
- **successor2**: Priti Patel
- **office3**: Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
- **primeminister3**: Theresa May
- **term start3**: 13 July 2016
- **term end3**: 30 April 2018
- **predecessor3**: Greg Clark
- **successor3**: James Brokenshire
- **office4**: Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
President of the Board of Trade
- **primeminister4**: David Cameron
- **term start4**: 11 May 2015
- **term end4**: 13 July 2016
- **predecessor4**: Vince Cable
- **successor4**: Greg Clark
- **office5**: Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- **primeminister5**: David Cameron
- **term start5**: 9 April 2014
- **term end5**: 11 May 2015
- **predecessor5**: Maria Miller
- **successor5**: John Whittingdale
- **office6**: Financial Secretary to the Treasury
- **primeminister6**: David Cameron
- **term start6**: 7 October 2013
- **term end6**: 9 April 2014
- **predecessor6**: Greg Clark
- **successor6**: Nicky Morgan
- **office7**: Economic Secretary to the Treasury
- **primeminister7**: David Cameron
- **term start7**: 4 September 2012
- **term end7**: 7 October 2013
- **predecessor7**: Chloe Smith
- **successor7**: Nicky Morgan
- **office8**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency), Bromsgrove
- **term start8**: 6 May 2010
- **term end8**: 30 May 2024
- **predecessor8**: Julie Kirkbride
- **successor8**: Bradley Thomas (British politician), Bradley Thomas
- **birth place**: Rochdale, Lancashire, England
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **children**: 4
- **education**: Downend School
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, Filton College
- **alma mater**: University of Exeter