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{{Infobox Officeholder
|honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
|name             = Sajid Javid
| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}}
|image            = Official portrait of Sajid Javid MP.jpg
|office           = [[Home Secretary]]
|primeminister    = [[Theresa May]]
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(contracted; show full)r=My Parliament |pages= |quote= }}</ref> is a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician. 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.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-43944710 Amber Rudd's resignation letter and Theresa May's response] Published by the [[BBC]] on April 30, 2018</ref>


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He was [[appointment|appointed]] the [[Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy|Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills]], on 11 May 2015.<ref name=UK.gov>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/sajid-javid |title=The Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP |accessdate=2015-06-23 |last= |first= |coauthors= |format= |work= |publisher=Gov.UK |pages= |quote= }}</ref>  Javid previously served as [[Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport]] from 2014 to 2015. He was [[Minister for Women and Equalities|Minister for Equalities]] in 2014. Javid was the [[Financial Secretary to the Treasury]]  and [[Economic Secretary to the Treasury|Economic Secretary]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Coalition government reshuffle |first=Paul|last=Owen|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/07/coalition-government-reshuffle-the-full-list |newspaper=The Guardian |date=7 October 2013 |accessdate=2015-06-23}}</ref> 

Javid iwas considered a possible candidate for becoming [[Leader]] of the [[Conservative Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jan/31/tory-party-rising-stars-fading|title=Tory party: the rising stars and those fading fast|author=Nicholas Watt|work=the Guardian|accessdate=2015-06-23}}</ref> On 27 May 2019, Hunt announced his campaign to run for [[Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)|Leader]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] in the [[2019 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election|2019 election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sajid Javid to run for Tory party leader |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48425441 |website=[[BBC]] |accessdate=27 May 2019 |date=27 May 2019}}</ref>⏎
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Before entering politics Javid worked in finance. He became a [[vice president]] at [[Chase Manhattan Bank]] at age 25.<ref name=UK.gov/> He later joined [[Deutsche Bank]] in [[London]]. When he left Deutsche Bank in 2009, he was a [[Board of directors|senior Managing Director]].<ref name=UK.gov/>

Javid is of Pakistani descent.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48226528</ref>

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