British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today appointed Sajid Javid as the new Minister of Finance, which is one of the highest positions in the cabinet, and Dominic Raab as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Javid, a former banker and home secretary, will be in charge of spending and economic policy in Johnson's government. He is the first politician from an ethnic minority appointed to the position of Minister of Finance.
Javid was replaced by Priti Patel as Home Secretary.
Johnson has chosen Dominic Raab to lead British diplomacy, Downing Street announced today. Rabb is a Eurosceptic who hails from the new guard of British conservatives.
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Rabb, XNUMX, resigned from Theresa May's government last year in opposition to her Brexit strategy, which he considered too conciliatory towards the European Union. He replaces Jeremy Hunt, Boris Johnson's main rival for the prime ministership.
Johnson offered Hunt another position in his cabinet, which Hunt refused and announced that he was leaving the government.
Johnson forms the government today after assuming the office of prime minister. It will not include many of the ministers who served under his predecessor, Theresa May. More than half of them either resigned or were fired.
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