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Rishi Sunak replaces Sajid Javid as British Finance Minister
Sajid Javid outside the Downing Street in London on May 21, 2019. (File photo: Reuters)

Britain's finance minister, Sajid Javid, resigned on Thursday, just weeks after Brexit and a month before he was due to deliver the government's annual budget.


British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will appoint Rishi Sunak as his new finance minister on Thursday, according to a government statement.


Javid's spokesman confirmed he would be leaving just as Johnson carried out the first reshuffle of his cabinet since winning a parliamentary majority in December's election.


source : AFP