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{{Infobox Officeholder
|honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
|name             = Sajid Javid
|honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
|image            = Sajid Javid Secretary of State.jpg
|office           = [[Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government]]
|primeminister    = [[Theresa May]]
|term_start       = 14 July 2016
|term_end         = 
|predecessor      = [[Greg Clark]]
|successor        = 
|office1          = [[Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy|Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills]]
|primeminister1   = [[David Cameron]]
|term_start1      = 11 May 2015
|term_end1        = 14 July 2016
|predecessor1     = [[Vince Cable]]
|successor1       = [[Greg Clark]] {{small|(Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)}}
|office2          = [[Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport]]
|primeminister2   = [[David Cameron]]
|term_start2      = 9 April 2014
|term_end2        = 11 May 2015
|predecessor2     = [[Maria Miller]]
|successor2       = [[John Whittingdale]]
|office3          = [[Minister for Women and Equalities|Minister for Equalities]]
|primeminister3   = [[David Cameron]]
|term_start3      = 9 April 2014
|term_end3        = 15 July 2014
|predecessor3     = [[Maria Miller]] {{small|(Women and Equalities)}}
|successor3       = [[Nicky Morgan]] {{small|(Women and Equalities)}}
|office4          = [[Financial Secretary to the Treasury]]
|primeminister4   = [[David Cameron]]
|term_start4      = 7 October 2013
|term_end4        = 9 April 2014
|predecessor4     = [[Greg Clark]]
|successor4       = [[Nicky Morgan (politician)|Nicky Morgan]]
|office5          = [[Economic Secretary to the Treasury]]
|primeminister5   = [[David Cameron]]
|term_start5      = 4 September 2012
|term_end5        = 7 October 2013
|predecessor5     = [[Chloe Smith]]
|successor5       = [[Nicky Morgan (politician)|Nicky Morgan]]
|office6          = [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]
|primeminister6   = [[David Cameron]]
|term_start6      = 14 October 2011
|term_end6        = 4 September 2012
|predecessor6     = [[Greg Hands]]
|successor6       = [[Amber Rudd]]
|office7          = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br>for [[Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency)|Bromsgrove]]
|term_start7      = 6 May 2010
|term_end7        = 
|predecessor7     = [[Julie Kirkbride]]
|successor7       = 
|majority7        = 16,529 (31.6%)
|birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1969|12|5|df=y}}
|birth_place      = [[Littleborough, Greater Manchester|Littleborough]], [[Lancashire]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
|death_date       = 
|death_place      = 
|party            = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|spouse           = Laura Javid {{small|(1996–present)}}
|children         = 4
|alma_mater       = [[South Gloucestershire and Stroud College]]<br>[[University of Exeter]]
|website          = {{url|sajidjavid.com|Official website}}
}}
'''Sajid Javid''' (born 5 December 1969)<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 Communities and Local Government]] after being appointed by Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] on 14 July 2016.

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= |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=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 is 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> 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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