Nadhim Zahawi (Arabic: ناظم الزهاوي, romanised: Nāẓim az-Zahāwī; Kurdish: نازم زەهاوی, romanised: Nazim Zehawî; born 2 June 1967) is an Iraqi-born British politician who served in various ministerial positions under prime ministers Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak from 2018 to 2023. He most recently served as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio from 25 October 2022 until he was dismissed by Sunak on 29 January 2023. A former member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Stratford-on-Avon from 2010 to 2024. As of January 2026, he is a member of Reform UK.
Born in Baghdad to a Kurdish family, Zahawi was co-founder of international Internet-based market research firm YouGov of which he was chief executive until February 2010. A chemical engineer in his earlier career, he was chief strategy officer for Gulf Keystone Petroleum until January 2018. After the retirement of previous Conservative MP John Maples, he was elected for Stratford-on-Avon at the 2010 general election.
Zahawi joined Theresa May's government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families in the 2018 reshuffle. Following Boris Johnson's appointment as prime minister, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry, and in 2020 he was given additional responsibility for the COVID-19 vaccination programme as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment. In the 2021 cabinet reshuffle he was promoted to Johnson's cabinet as Secretary of State for Education. On 5 July 2022, he became the Chancellor of the Exchequer after the resignation of Rishi Sunak. Less than 48 hours later, Zahawi withdrew his support for Johnson and publicly called on him to resign, which Johnson did shortly afterwards.
Zahawi was a candidate to succeed Johnson in the Conservative Party leadership election, but was eliminated from the ballot after the first round of voting, and subsequently supported Truss's bid to become Conservative leader. Truss appointed Zahawi as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and Minister for Equalities on 6 September 2022 following her appointment as prime minister. He was succeeded as chancellor by Kwasi Kwarteng. After Truss resigned in October 2022, Zahawi endorsed Johnson to return to the premiership. After Johnson withdrew from the race, he supported Sunak's bid to become Conservative leader. Sunak appointed Zahawi as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio on 25 October 2022 following his appointment as prime minister. On 29 January 2023, he was dismissed from the roles after Sunak's ethics adviser, Laurie Magnus, advised that he had breached the Ministerial Code by failing to disclose that he was being investigated by HM Revenue and Customs while he served in his previous position as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Johnson.
In January 2026, Zahawi defected from the Conservative Party to Reform UK.
Lue lisää...2. kesäkuuta 1967 oli perjantaina tähtimerkin ♊ alla. Se oli 152 päivä vuodesta. Yhdysvaltain presidentti oli Lyndon B. Johnson.
Jos olet syntynyt tänä päivänä, olet 58 vuotta vanha. Viimeisin syntymäpäiväsi oli maanantaina 2. kesäkuuta 2025, 354 päivää sitten. Seuraava syntymäpäiväsi on tiistaina 2. kesäkuuta 2026, 10 päivän kuluttua. Olet elänyt 21 539 päivää tai noin 516 941 tuntia tai noin 31 016 483 minuuttia tai noin 1 860 988 980 sekuntia.
Date: 03 June 1967
By JAMES FERON Special to The New York Times
James Special
article on Israel's use of routine censorship on news of crisis; UAR to impose mil censorship on foreign newsmen if war breaks out; some travel curbs on newsmen noted
Date: 03 June 1967
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
deliverers reach agreement with 3 papers; provisions; publishers conf with mailers; Kheel confs with pressmen
Date: 02 June 1967
By BARNARD L. COLLIER Special to The New York Times
Barnard COLLIER
Decree establishing Secretariat of Broadcasting and Tourism to be signed; La Prensa scores it as press freedom threat; denial by head of dept
Date: 03 June 1967
final day of oral arguments; ITT pledges to tell Govt in advance of any change in hands-off policy toward ABC news if merger is approved; Justice Dept objects, says FCC could not monitor pledge; testimony details
Date: 02 June 1967
pressmen's union pres W J Kennedy charges News and Times with 'conspiracy to destroy all competition from other publishers,' cites 'no deviation' provision in pacts with unions; denials by Publishers Assn pres Gaherin, News publisher Flynn and Times publisher A O Sulzberger; publishers conf with deliverers, stereotypers and mailers
Date: 03 June 1967
T L Stokes Awards to R J Connolly (Boston Globe), others