Here are some facts about the new, 48-year-old Home Secretary:
* Javid campaigned to remain in the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...during the 2016 referendum, even though a few months before the vote he said his "heart" was for Brexit. After the result, he said: "We're all Brexiteers now."
* He was the first member of Britannia's South Asian minority to be given a full-time post in the cabinet when he was appointed culture minister in 2014. His father moved to Britannia from Pakistain and worked as a bus driver in Bristol.
* Before starting his career in politics, Javid worked for Chase Manhattan Bank and for Deutsche Bank, helping to build its business in emerging markets.
* Javid cites the late Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher as his political inspiration, and has often hung a portrait of her in his ministerial office.
* In 2016, Javid supported the former work and pensions minister Stephen Crabb as a candidate to replace then-prime minister
David Cameron... has stated that he is
certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is
not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as
certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
as leader of the Conservative Party in return for a promise to be appointed finance minister.
Crabb's bid ultimately foundered when he failed to secure enough votes.
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He has previously said that his family's heritage is Muslim, but he does not practise any religion, although he believes that "we should recognise that Christianity is the religion of our country"
Javid married Laura King in 1997; they have one son and three daughters.