Nadhim Zahawi
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| Born | 2 June 1967 Baghdad, Iraq | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University College London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parents | Hareth Zahawi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 Sons 1 Daughter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Lana Zahawi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founder of | YouGov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Chinese In Britain All-Party Parliamentary Group, Le Cercle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Conservative, Reform UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cercle chair, UK minister of COVID-19 vaccine deployment, explicitly denied that the UK government was planning on introducing vaccine passports although leaked documents contradict this, penalised by HMRC - whilst Chancellor of the Exchequer - for not paying his taxes.
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Nadhim Zahawi is an Iraqi-born UK Deep state operative and politician who chaired Le Cercle from 2015 to 2017.[1] He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stratford-on-Avon (2010 to 2024). He has maintained contact with his native Kurdistan Region of Iraq throughout his career and chaired the All Party Parliamentary Group on Kurdistan.[2]
From July 2019 Zahawi was junior Minister for Industry, under Boris Johnson and, on 28 November 2020, he was given additional responsibility for Life Sciences overseeing COVID-19/Vaccine Deployment.[3]
In September 2021, he was made the new UK/Secretary of State for Education.[4] He became the new Chancellor of the Exchequer after the resignation of Rishi Sunak, pledging to increase military spending.[5] He launched his campaign to become the new prime minister but was eliminated in the first ballot alongside Jeremy Hunt.[6] He was demoted by Liz Truss, and given three new roles.
Zahawi was Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio from 25 October 2022 until he was dismissed by Rishi Sunak on 29 January 2023. He stood down as an MP at the UK/General election/2024.
In January 2026, Zahawi defected from the Conservative Party to Reform UK.[7]
Contents
Background
Nadhim Zahawi is of Kurdish origin and moved from Iraq to the UK in his childhood.[8]
In 1991, Zahawi and fellow British-Kurd Broosk Saib were aides to Conservative politician Jeffrey Archer during Archer's "Simple Truth" campaign to help Kurdish victims of the Gulf War. Zahawi and Saib were nicknamed "Lemon kurd" and "Bean kurd" by Archer. Zahawi also ran Archer's unsuccessful campaign for Mayor of London in 1998.[9]
In 1994 Archer helped Zahawi campaign for a local council seat in the London Borough of Wandsworth, where Zahawi was elected as a Conservative Party councillor in Putney (1994 to 2006).
Career
Nadhim Zahawi read Chemical Engineering at University College London before proceeding to jobs such as European Marketing Director for Smith & Brooks Ltd, and co-founder and former CEO of YouGov the international market research firm which was listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market in 2005.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
Nadhim Zahawi has held a number of advisory roles in the Oil and Gas sector, joining Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited as Chief Strategy Officer in August 2015.[10] The Kurdish government granted Gulf Keystone Petroleum the licence for 75% of oil production in the Sharikam oilfield in Northern Iraq which is one of the largest oil fields discovered in the last 50 years. In 2015, over 45 thousand barrels of crude oil were produced on a daily basis and Gulf Keystone Petroleum estimate the Sharikan oilfield has a shelf life of 80 to 100 years.[11]
COVID-19
| Julia Hartley-Brewer asks Zahawi four times for evidence over face masks in schools |
In early June 2020 Zahawi stated that a "Coronavirus" contact tracing app could be widely deployed in the UK by the end of the month.[13] In late November 2020, he was made UK's Minister for Covid Vaccine Deployment. Although documents revealed that in December 2020 the UK government was planning a "Covid passport", Zahawi explicitly denied this, and in February 2021 he was claiming that the government was “not looking at a vaccine passport for our domestic economy”.[14] In April 2021, he wrote that the UK "currently operates a system of informed consent for vaccinations".[15]
NHS Covid Pass in September 2021.[16]
He threatened a "firebreak lockdown" in October 2021.[17]
Connections
Nadhim Zahawi confirmed was Chair of Le Cercle from 2015 - 2017.[18][19]
He "attended the now-infamous men-only charity dinner for some of the country’s wealthiest CEOs, with predictably less than savoury mid-course entertainment."[20]
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Vaccine passport" | ““We have no plans to introduce them” said the prime minister (Boris Johnson) when talking about so-called vaccine passports. “I certainly am not planning to issue any vaccine passports and I don't know anyone else in government who would”, said Michael Gove and “no one has been given or will be required to have a vaccine passport” said the man himself, the vaccine's minister Nadhim Zahawi. Now in a slope slipperier than the ones Eddie the Eagle used to chuck himself off, it seems the government have changed their mind. First it was talk of nightclubs or sports events, and now the government is I quote “not ruling out making students be fully vaccinated to attend lectures”.... I guarantee you this is not where it ends.” | Michelle Dewberry | 26 July 2021 |
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Cercle/2015 (Monaco) | Monaco Le Méridien Beach Plaza | A meeting of Le Cercle in Monaco chaired by Nadhim Zahawi | ||
| Le Cercle/2015 (Washington) | 25 JL | 28 JL | Washington DC The Fairfax Hotel? | Dates are unproven |
| Le Cercle/2016 (London) | June 2016 | June 2016 | London Westminster UK St James’s Court Hotel | Alan Duncan reports that the group met in St James’s Court Hotel in Westminster |
| Le Cercle/2016 (Washington) | December 2016 | December 2016 | Washington DC Omni Shoreham Hotel | The most recent Cercle meeting known to have been photographed. Guest Václav Klaus later published 7 photos of the event online. |
| UK/Parliament/Voted YES to vaccine passports in 2021 | 4 December 2021 | 4 December 2021 | British House of Commons | These members of the UK Parliament voted YES to the introduction of a "vaccine" passport in 2021 |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Washington Wants Syria's Oil | Article | 30 August 2017 | Anna Jaunger | The future of Syria and its geopolitical strategic equation will depend on who controls the oil-rich region of Deir al-Zor. |
References
- ↑ https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/conservative-party/news/105448/excl-top-tories-face-questions-over-links
- ↑ "Kurdistan delegation led by millionaire Tory raises questions"
- ↑ "Covid: Nadhim Zahawi appointed as vaccine rollout minister"
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58582399
- ↑ https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1639135/Nadhim-Zahawi-military-army-costs-Saddam-protection-country
- ↑ https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-13/nadhim-zahawi-and-jeremy-hunt-eliminated-from-tory-leadership-race
- ↑ "Former Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform in Farage's biggest coup yet"
- ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-mp-reveals-he-is-banned-from-us-under-trumps-muslim-ban-a7551511.html
- ↑ "Archer fraud allegations: the simple truth"
- ↑ "Nadhim Zahawi, Chief Strategy Officer, Gulf Keystone Petroleum"
- ↑ "Nadhim Zahawi Has A Very Interesting Second Job..."
- ↑ http://archive.today/2021.07.19-163552/https://twitter.com/nadhimzahawi/status/1349116738454122499
- ↑ https://sputniknews.com/interviews/202006051079529312-contact-tracing-should-help-quickly-locate-those-who-have-coronavirus--ukip-founder/
- ↑ https://t.co/793NbIY04m?amp=1
- ↑ https://lockdownsceptics.org/2021/04/27/the-uk-currently-operates-a-system-of-informed-consent-for-vaccinations-currently-minister/
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-55718553
- ↑ https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-nadhim-zahawi-says-october-firebreak-restrictions-could-be-brought-in-if-booster-jab-programme-is-not-done-well-12401061
- ↑ https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/excl-top-tories-face-questions-over-links-to-secretive-foreign-affairs-group
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Le_Cercle&action=history
- ↑ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180129-presidents-club-link-exposes-zahawis-complicated-businessman-cum-diplomat-cum-politician-role/
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