UK-born Ghanaian, Sam Gyimah is UK’s Universities & Science Minister

As part of  Theresa May's government reshuffle, UK born Ghanaian, Sam Gymah has been made UK's Universities and Science Minister of England.

The new minister mentioned in a tweet on his page that he is looking forward to taking up the new role and facing any challenge head-on.

According to the BBC, Gyimah, who was born in Buckinghamshire but spent some of his childhood in his mother’s native Ghana, studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Somerville College, Oxford.

He worked for Goldman Sachs for five years before opting for a career in politics and became Conservative MP for East Surrey in 2010.

He served as a government whip and was parliamentary private secretary to the former Prime Minister, David Cameron, from 2012 to 2013,

Sam Gyimah campaigned to remain in the European Union in the Brexit vote.

He was also prisons Minister, before taking up the post as Universities Minister on Tuesday

Mr. Gyimah’s role straddles the Department of Education and the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

He replaces Jo Johnson, who has been made Transport Minister.

Mr. Gyimah, 41, will work alongside the newly-appointed Education Secretary, Damian Hinds, who is replacing Justine Greening.