UK born Ghanaian, Sam Gyimah, has been made Universities and Science Minister of England in Theresa May’s government reshuffle.<\/p>\n
The new minister mentioned in a tweet on his page that he is looking forward to taking up the new role and facing any challenge head-on.<\/p>\n
\u201cOff to my new role as Universities & Science Minister and looking forward to the challenges ahead – thank you for your excellent work\u00a0@JoJohnsonUK. A massive thank you to all prisons & probation staff, particularly prison officers, for your incredible dedication & hard work\u201d.<\/p>\n
According to the BBC, Gyimah, who was born in Buckinghamshire but spent some of his childhood in his mother’s native Ghana, studied philosophy, politics and economics at Somerville College, Oxford.<\/p>\n
He worked for Goldman Sachs for five years before opting for a career in politics, and became Conservative MP for East Surrey in 2010.<\/p>\n
He served as a government whip and was parliamentary private secretary to the former Prime Minister, David Cameron, from 2012 to 2013,<\/p>\n
Sam Gyimah campaigned to remain in the European Union in the Brexit vote.<\/p>\n
He was also prisons Minister, before taking up the post as Universities Minister on Tuesday<\/p>\n
Mr. Gyimah’s role straddles the Department of Education and the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.<\/p>\n
He replaces Jo Johnson, who has been made Transport Minister.<\/p>\n
Mr. Gyimah, 41, will work alongside the\u00a0newly-appointed Education Secretary, Damian Hinds, who is replacing Justine Greening.<\/p>\n
He is happily married with two children.<\/p>\n
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By: citifmonline.com with files from the BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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