Nadhim Zahawi

**Nadhim Zahawi** (; born 2 June 1967) is an Iraqi-born British politician who was recently Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio from 25 October 2022 to 29 January 2023. He was the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 6 September to 25 October 2022. He was the Chancellor of the Exchequer from July 2022 to September 2022. He is a member of the Conservative Party. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Stratford-on-Avon since 2010.

Zahawi was Secretary of State for Education from 2021 to 2022 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment from 2020 to 2021.

In July 2022, Zahawi announced his candidacy to be Leader of the Conservative Party in the leadership race to replace Boris Johnson. He was eliminated from the election in the first round of voting on 13 July.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office7**: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment
- **term start7**: 28 November 2020
- **term end7**: 15 September 2021
- **primeminister7**: Boris Johnson
- **predecessor7**: _Office established_
- **successor7**: Maggie Throup
- **office8**: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry
- **term start8**: 26 July 2019
- **term end8**: 15 September 2021
- **primeminister8**: Boris Johnson
- **predecessor8**: Andrew Stephenson
- **successor8**: Lee Rowley
- **office9**: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families
- **term start9**: 9 January 2018
- **term end9**: 25 July 2019
- **primeminister9**: Theresa May
- **predecessor9**: Robert Goodwill
- **successor9**: Kemi Badenoch


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Nadhim Zahawi
- **honorific-suffix**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP
- **image**: Nadhim Zahawi Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2022
- **office**: Chairman of the Conservative Party
 Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom), Minister without Portfolio
- **term start**: 25 October 2022
- **term end**: 29 January 2023
- **primeminister**: Rishi Sunak
- **predecessor**: Jake Berry, Sir Jake Berry
- **successor**: Greg Hands
- **office2**: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- **term start2**: 6 September 2022
- **term end2**: 25 October 2022
- **primeminister2**: Liz Truss
- **predecessor2**: Kit Malthouse
- **successor2**: Oliver Dowden
- **office3**: Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
- **term start3**: 6 September 2022
- **term end3**: 25 October 2022
- **primeminister3**: Liz Truss
- **predecessor3**: Michael Gove
- **successor3**: Michael Gove
- **office4**: Minister for Women and Equalities, Minister for Equalities
- **term start4**: 6 September 2022
- **term end4**: 25 October 2022
- **primeminister4**: Liz Truss
- **predecessor4**: Liz Truss
- **successor4**: Kemi Badenoch
- **office5**: Chancellor of the Exchequer
- **term start5**: 5 July 2022
- **term end5**: 6 September 2022
- **primeminister5**: Boris Johnson
- **predecessor5**: Rishi Sunak
- **successor5**: Kwasi Kwarteng
- **office6**: Secretary of State for Education
- **term start6**: 15 September 2021
- **term end6**: 5 July 2022
- **primeminister6**: Boris Johnson
- **predecessor6**: Gavin Williamson
- **successor6**: Michelle Donelan
- **office10**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
 for Stratford-upon-Avon (UK Parliament constituency), Stratford-on-Avon
- **majority10**: 19,972 (36.3%)
- **predecessor10**: John Maples
- **term start10**: 6 May 2010
- **birth place**: Baghdad, Iraqi Republic (1958–1968), Iraqi Republic
- **nationality**: British
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **children**: 3
- **education**: Holland Park School
Ibstock Place School
King's College School
- **alma mater**: University College London
- **profession**: Chemical engineer