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Sajid Javid is the latest South Asian in the UK government

Sajid Javid is the latest South Asian in the UK government Quartz 15 hrs ago © Provided by Quartz With the UK’s Covid-19 crisis not yet over, the last thing prime minister Boris Johnson needed was to find a new health secretary. But after Matt Hancock that “poor man,” according to Queen Elizabeth resigned after a tabloid exposed his affair with an aide, in comes Sajid Javid to oversee the remainder of Britain’s already-successful vaccination program, and ensure that nothing major goes wrong in the next few months. Javid, who is of Pakistani descent, becomes the third South Asian minister at the very top table, joining home secretary Priti Patel, and chancellor Rishi Sunak, both of Indian origin. Between them, they effectively run the country; their combined portfolios include healthcare, the economy, immigration, and law enforcement. Alongside them in the cabinet are Alok Sharma, the UK’s COP26 envoy, who is of Indian descent, and Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secre

Sajid Javid is the latest South Asian in the UK government — Quartz

June 28, 2021 With the UK’s Covid-19 crisis not yet over, the last thing prime minister Boris Johnson needed was to find a new health secretary. But after Matt Hancock that “poor man,” according to Queen Elizabeth resigned after a tabloid exposed his affair with an aide, in comes Sajid Javid to oversee the remainder of Britain’s already-successful vaccination program, and ensure that nothing major goes wrong in the next few months. Javid, who is of Pakistani descent, becomes the third South Asian minister at the very top table, joining home secretary Priti Patel, and chancellor Rishi Sunak, both of Indian origin. Between them, they effectively run the country; their combined portfolios include healthcare, the economy, immigration, and law enforcement. Alongside them in the cabinet are Alok Sharma, the UK’s COP26 envoy, who was born in India, and Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, whose parents are from Ghana.

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