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Nadhim Zahawi : Why Was Nadhim Zahawi Sacked?

Why was Nadhim Zahawi sacked? Nadhim Zahawi is an Iraqi-born British politician who was born on 2 June 1967 in Baghdad, Iraq.

He was educated at Holland Park School, before moving to Ibstock Place School and then Kingโ€™s College School, followed by University College London, where he obtained a BSc in Chemical Engineering in 1985.

In 1991, Zahawi was an assistant to Jeffrey Archer during Archerโ€™s โ€œSimple Truthโ€ campaign to help Kurdish victims of the Gulf War. To show his gratitude, Archer helped Zahawi campaign for a seat on Wandsworth Council in 1994.

Zahawi was elected as a Conservative councillor in Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth, serving three terms from 1994 to 2006, and stood as a parliamentary candidate in 1997.

As a member of the Conservative Party, he was first elected as Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon in 2010, and was subsequently re-elected in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

In September 2021, Zahawi was sworn in as a member of Her Majestyโ€™s Most Honourable Privy Council at Balmoral Castle. This gave him the life peerage of โ€œThe Right Honourableโ€.

He served as leader of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio from October 2022 until he was dismissed by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in January 2023.

Nadhim Zahawi : Why Was Nadhim Zahawi Sacked?

On Sunday, January 29, 2023, Nadhim Zahawi made headlines when he was sacked by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for a โ€œserious breachโ€ of the ministerial code.

According to several online reports, Zahawi failed to disclose that HM Revenue and Customs was investigating his tax affairs. HM Revenue and Customs is a non-ministerial department of the UK government responsible for collecting taxes.

Last week, it was reported that Rishi Sunak had ordered Zahawi to be investigated following claims that he had paid a penalty as part of a reported ยฃ4.8 million ($5.96 million) settlement with tax officials.

It was alleged that Zahawi did not declare the dispute with the tax authorities. In a related development, Rishi Sunak bowed to pressure on Sunday, January 29, and sacked Conservative Party leader Nadhim Zahawi over personal tax arrangements.

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