British Health Secretary Sajid Javid put in his resignation on Tuesday, plunging Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government into crisis. His exit came minutes after Finance minister Rishi Sunak resigned. 

Javid stated that he will be unable to “continue in good conscience” as Johnson’s scandals have made him lose confidence in the 58-year-old’s ability to govern and serve the nation.

Javid added that several lawmakers and people in the UK have experienced the same. 

“I regret to say, however, that it is clear to me that this situation will not change under your leadership – and you have therefore lost my confidence too,” Javid said in a letter addressed to Johnson. 

Sajid Javid was born on December 5, 1969, in Rochdale, Lancashire, to Pakistani immigrants. He was raised in Bristol, where he attended the University of Exeter to study economics and politics.

After college, Javid started working in banking, and gradually worked his way up the career ladder to become the Managing Director of Deutsche Bank. In 2010, he was elected to the House of Commons. 

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Under David Cameron’s coalition government, Javid was appointed as Junior Treasury Minister. He was later promoted to the cabinet as Culture Secretary in 2014.

After the 2015 general election, Javid was promoted to the role of Business Secretary.

Between 2016 and 2018, he served as Communities Secretary under former Prime Minister Theresa May.

In 2018, Javid succeeded Amber Rudd after she resigned from the post of Home Secretary. This made Javid the first British Asian to hold one of the great offices of state.

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In 2019, Boris Johnson, who won the Conservative Party’s leadership contest, appointed Javid as Chancellor of the Exchequer. 

Javid resigned as from the post during the February 2020 cabinet reshuffle. Over a year later, he was reappointed to Johnson’s cabinet as Health Secretary and played a key role during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.