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'''Sajid Javid''' (born 5 December 1969) is the British [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], appointed in July 2019. He is the highest-ranking non-White politician in Britain to date.<ref>The Earl of Liverpool (Prime Minister 1812-27) may have had a very small amount of South Asian blood through his East India Company ancestors (genealogical records are not complete) but would be counted as White for most purposes.</ref> He calls himself a non-practising Muslim.
'''Sajid Javid''' (born 5 December 1969) is a British [[MP]]. He held the posts of [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], and before that [[Home Secretary]]. In each case, he was the first Muslim to hold the post and was succeeded by the first Hindu to do so.
 
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Sajid Javid (born 5 December 1969) is a British MP. He held the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and before that Home Secretary. In each case, he was the first Muslim to hold the post and was succeeded by the first Hindu to do so.