Sajid Javid (; born 5 December 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Chancellor of the Exchequer since July 2019.
He was previously Home Secretary from 2018 to 2019, and has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bromsgrove since 2010.
Javid was the first British Asian to hold one of the Great Offices of State in the UK.
Born in Rochdale, Lancashire to a British Pakistani family, Javid was raised largely in Bristol.
He studied Economics and Politics at the University of Exeter, where he joined the Conservative Party.
Working in banking, he rose to become a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank.
Switching to politics, he was elected to Parliament in 2010.
Under the government of Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron he served as a Junior Treasury Minister before being promoted to Cameron's Cabinet as Culture Secretary and Business Secretary.
He went on to serve under Prime Minister Theresa May as Communities Secretary and Home Secretary.
After May's resignation, Javid stood for Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 leadership contest, finishing in fourth place.
The successful candidate, Boris Johnson, subsequently appointed Javid Chancellor of the Exchequer.