Zahawi to run for Conservative Party leadership and British PM post

INA - SOURCES 

The newly appointed British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nadhim Al-Zahawi, announced his candidacy to lead the Conservative Party to replace Boris Johnson at the head of the new government.

The British newspaper "The Independent" reported that the newly appointed Treasury Minister and former Education Minister Nadhim Zahawi announced his candidacy to lead the Conservative Party and to present himself as an alternative to Johnson, who resigned from the leadership of the party and the government.

The Iraqi-born Zahawi studied at King's College in Wimbledon, while he completed his university education at University College, University of London, and co-founded the online market research company YouGov.

Following the 2010 elections, Zahawi became a member of the British House of Commons.

He held the position of Minister of Education after a cabinet reshuffle that was made last September, against the background of his impressive success in managing the distribution of Corona vaccines during the past two years.

Zahawi has a wide popularity, and was called the "Minister of Vaccines" when Britain was one of the fastest countries in the world to launch vaccination programs to prevent the Corona virus, after he was appointed as a minister responsible for it in November 2020.