He emigrated to the UK with his family in 1978, is co-founder of the online survey agency YouGov and has just been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer at the age of 55.
Nadhim Zahawi, 55, opened a new office at 11 Downing Street this Wednesday and it is possible he will move to the more famous number 10 on the same street in London. With the ink still dripping from his new portfolio at the head of the Treasury, equal to Chancellor of the Economy and the second most important post in the British government, he took a momentous step for his political career in an intense day of intrigue and government. victims.
The newly appointed ‘chancellor’ joined a ministerial delegation Wednesday afternoon that informed Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the time is approaching to hand over the reins and leave Downing Street. The media agreed that Zahawi led the entourage of up to six cabinet members who passed his death sentence to the conservative president for lack of integrity in command. They included Transport Minister Grant Shapps and Northern Ireland Minister Brandon Lewis.
Zahawi emigrated to the UK at the age of 11. He fled Iraq with his family in 1978 during the persecution of the Kurdish minority by Saddam Hussein’s regime. He struggled in the English education system before building a prosperous career as a business agent and, among other things, as an advisor to the novelist Jeffrey Archer. In 2000, he co-founded YouGov, an online polling agency, and ten years later won his seat in Westminster for the Stratford-Upon-Avon constituency, Shakespeare’s birthplace.
His rise under Johnson was lightning fast. He led the vaccination program against Covid with efficiency and mastery that boosted his profile in the conservative party. In the cabinet reshuffle last September, he received the Education portfolio while the current leadership crisis opened the door to Downing Street for him. His trick now shines among the potential candidates to succeed Johnson as head of government.
Source: La Verdad
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