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Nadhim Zahawi appointed UK finance minister

Published 07/05/2022, 05:00 PM
Updated 07/05/2022, 07:34 PM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: British Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi walks at Downing Street, in London, Britain, July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Nadhim Zahawi as finance minister on Tuesday, replacing Rishi Sunak who earlier quit in protest at Johnson's leadership.

Zahawi, 55, inherits an economy that is likely heading for a sharp slowdown or even a recession, and will face immediate pressure to do more to help struggling households and to lower taxes which are on course to hit their highest level in decades.

© Reuters. British new Finance Minister Nadhim Zahawi leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Zahawi was previously education secretary. He was replaced as education secretary by Michelle Donelan, previously a junior education minister.

After working in junior ministerial roles in the education and business departments, he was appointed minister in charge of the COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in 2020. In 2021, Boris Johnson promoted him to the cabinet to run education policy.

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