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|honorific-prefix = <small>[[The Right Honourable]]</small>
|birth_name       = Sajid Javid
|honorific-suffix = <small>[[Member of Parliament|MP]]</small>
|image            = Sajid Javid (cropped).jpg
|office           = [[Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills|Secretary of State for Business,<br> Innovation and Skills]]
|primeminister    = [[David Cameron]]
|term_start       = May 2015
|term_end         = 
|predecessor      = [[Vince Cable]]
}}
'''Sajid Javid''' (born 05 December 1969 in England)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://myparliament.info/Member/3945 |title=Biography, Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP |accessdate=2015-06-23 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher=My Parliament |pages= |quote= }}</ref> is a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician who is the current [[Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills]]. He was [[appointment|appointed]] to that position 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= |date= |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=http://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 is considered a possible candidate for becoming [[Leader]] of the [[Conservative Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://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> 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/>

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