55-year-old Nadhim Zahawi opened a new office at 11 Downing Street on Wednesday. It is possible that he may move to the number 10 in the same London street. He took an important step in his political career, with ink still dripping off his new portfolio at Treasury’s helm, equivalent to Chancellor Of The Exchequer, in an intense day filled with intrigue and casualties. governmental.
On Wednesday afternoon, the newly appointed “chancellor” joined a ministerial team that informed Boris Johnson, Prime Minister, that it is nearing time to hand over the reins of Downing Street. According to media, Zahawi was the leader of six Cabinet members who handed the death sentence to President Donald Trump for his lack of integrity. They included Brandon Lewis, Northern Ireland Minister and Grant Shapps, Transport Minister.
At the age of 11, Zahawi came to the UK. At the age of 11, Zahawi fled Iraq with his family to escape the persecution of the Kurdish people by Saddam Hussein’s government. After struggling through the English education system, he made a successful career as a business agent, and as an advisor to Jeffrey Archer, among other trades. He co-founded YouGov in 2000, an online polling company, and he won his Westminster seat in the Stratford-Upon-Avon constituency ten years later, which is where Shakespeare was born.
Johnson was a meteoric rise for him. His efficiency and expertise in managing the vaccination program against Covid was a major plus for the Conservative party. He was awarded the Education portfolio in the September Cabinet reshuffle. The current leadership crisis gave him the opportunity to move to Downing Street. He is now one of the top candidates to succeed Johnson in head of government.
