Birthname: | Javaid Edward Siddiqi |
Order: | 16th Virginia Secretary of Education |
Governor: | Bob McDonnell |
Term Start: | November 2013 |
Term End: | January 11, 2014 |
Preceded: | Laura Fornash |
Succeeded: | Anne Holton |
Birth Date: | 9 April 1977 |
Birth Place: | Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
Spouse: | Karen Marie Hill |
Residence: | Midlothian, Virginia, U.S. |
Education: | Richard Bland College (AS) Virginia Commonwealth University (BS, PhD) Virginia State University (MA) |
Signature: | Javaid Siddiqi signature.png |
Javaid Edward Siddiqi (born April 9, 1977) is an American educator who served as Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell's Secretary of Education from November 2013 to January 2014. After attending Chesterfield County Public Schools from kindergarten until his graduation from Matoaca High School, he served for a number of years as a science teacher and school administrator in the district. In 2011, he was appointed as Deputy Secretary of Education and in 2013 was made Secretary. He served on the Chesterfield County school board, representing the Midlothian district until January 2020.[1] [2]