Ex-Deutsche Banker Javid Channels Thatcher to Rise in Ranks

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U.K. Treasury minister Sajid Javid knew how to personalize his new office after he was promoted last month.

“I put up my own portrait of Margaret Thatcher,” Javid, 43, said in an interview in Parliament in London last week. “She’s an inspiration.” Later he described her as “the greatest Conservative prime minister ever.”