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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSam Gyimah has been made Universities and Science Minister for England in Theresa May\u2019s government reshuffle.<\/p>\n
Mr Gyimah\u2019s role straddles the Department for Education and the Department for 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
facts about him<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- born in Buckinghamshire but spent some of his childhood in his mother\u2019s native Ghana<\/li>\n
- studied philosophy, politics and economics at Somerville College, Oxford<\/li>\n
- worked for Goldman Sachs for five years before opting for a career in politics<\/li>\n
- became Conservative MP for East Surrey in 2010<\/li>\n
- served as a government whip and was parliamentary private secretary to the former Prime Minister, David Cameron, from 2012 to 2013<\/li>\n
- campaigned to remain in the European Union<\/li>\n
- was prisons minister, before taking up the post as universities minister on Tuesday<\/li>\n
- married with two children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In a tweet, Mr Gyimah said he was looking forward to taking up his new role.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n
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In a tweet, Mr Gyimah said he was looking forward to taking up his new role.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n
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