Until the appointment, Zahawi has been the minister responsible for the rollout of Covid vaccines as vaccine deployment minister in the Department for Business and Industry.
The MP for Stratford-upon-Avon since 2010, Zahawi replaces Gavin Williamson, the outgoing education secretary who has been sacked by Boris Johnson in today's reshuffle.
Zahawi was made a business minister in July 2019, moving on from his then-job at the Department for Education (DfE) where he had held the post of children's minister under Theresa May since January 2018.
Prior to becoming MP he set up polling organisation YouGov from an office in his garden shed in 2000.
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