British PM Johnson names Sajid Javid as finance minister
New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has made Home Secretary Sajid Javid chancellor of the exchequer, in Johnson's first cabinet appointment.
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- AFP
- Published Date: 09:00 | 24 July 2019
- Modified Date: 09:03 | 24 July 2019
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson named former interior minister Sajid Javid to take over from Philip Hammond as finance minister in his first cabinet appointment, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.
Javid, a former banker from a modest background, was a contender for the premiership but endorsed Johnson when he failed to get enough support from fellow Conservative MPs.
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