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Suella Braverman
KC MP
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Official portrait, 2024
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| Home Secretary | |
| In office 25 October 2022 – 13 November 2023 |
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| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Grant Shapps |
| Succeeded by | James Cleverly |
| In office 6 September 2022 – 19 October 2022 |
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| Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
| Preceded by | Priti Patel |
| Succeeded by | Grant Shapps |
| Attorney General for England and Wales Advocate General for Northern Ireland |
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| In office 10 September 2021 – 6 September 2022 |
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| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Michael Ellis |
| Succeeded by | Michael Ellis |
| In office 13 February 2020 – 2 March 2021 |
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| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Cox |
| Succeeded by | Michael Ellis |
| Minister on Leave | |
| In office 2 March 2021 – 10 September 2021 |
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| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Interim | Michael Ellis |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union | |
| In office 9 January 2018 – 15 November 2018 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Kwasi Kwarteng |
| Chair of the European Research Group | |
| In office 19 June 2017 – 9 January 2018 |
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| Deputy | Michael Tomlinson |
| Preceded by | Steve Baker |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Rees-Mogg |
| Deputy Chair of the European Research Group | |
| In office 20 November 2016 – 19 June 2017 Serving with Michael Tomlinson
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| Chair | Steve Baker |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Michael Tomlinson |
| Member of Parliament for Fareham and Waterlooville Fareham (2015–2024) |
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| Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Mark Hoban |
| Majority | 6,079 (12.1%) |
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Sue-Ellen Cassiana Fernandes
3 April 1980 Harrow, London, England |
| Political party | Conservative (2002–present) |
| Spouse |
Rael Braverman
(m. 2018) |
| Children | 2 |
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Suella Braverman is a British politician and lawyer. She was born on April 3, 1980. She has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Fareham and Waterlooville since 2015. Before that, she represented Fareham.
Suella Braverman is a member of the Conservative Party. She served as the Home Secretary twice. First, from September to October 2022, and then again from October 2022 to November 2023. She was also the Attorney General for England and Wales from 2020 to 2022.
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Early Life and Education
Suella Braverman was born in Harrow, Greater London. She grew up in Wembley, London. Her parents, Uma and Christie Fernandes, came to Britain in the 1960s. They were from Mauritius and Kenya.
Her mother was a nurse and a local councillor. Her father worked for a housing association. Suella was named after a character from the TV show Dallas.
She went to Uxendon Manor Primary School. She also attended Heathfield School, Pinner, a private school. Later, she studied law at Queens' College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge, she led the university's Conservative Association.
Braverman also lived in France for two years. She studied European and French law at Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris.
Becoming a Lawyer
Suella Braverman became a barrister in 2005. This means she qualified to argue cases in court. She worked in law, focusing on areas like immigration and planning. In 2010, she started taking on government cases.
Political Career in Parliament
Braverman first tried to become an MP in 2005 for Leicester East. She was elected to the House of Commons in 2015. She became the MP for Fareham.
In Parliament, she focused on education, home affairs, and justice. She also wrote articles for various newspapers and websites.
Braverman supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum. Her local area, Fareham, also voted to leave. From 2017, she led the European Research Group. This is a group of Conservative MPs who support Brexit.
In 2018, Prime Minister Theresa May made her a junior minister. She worked in the department dealing with leaving the European Union. However, she resigned in November 2018. She disagreed with May's plan for Brexit.
She was re-elected as an MP in both the 2017 and 2019 general elections. Her constituency changed to Fareham and Waterlooville for the 2024 election. She won this seat as well.
Attorney General Role
In February 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Braverman as the Attorney General for England and Wales. This is a very senior legal role for the government. She also became the advocate general for Northern Ireland.
She was given the title of QC (now KC) when she took this job. She took a break from this role in 2021 when she had a baby. Michael Ellis took over temporarily. She returned to her role in September 2021.
Leadership Bid and Home Secretary
In July 2022, Boris Johnson announced he would resign. Braverman decided to run to become the new leader of the Conservative Party. She was eliminated after the second round of voting. She then supported Liz Truss to become the leader.
When Liz Truss became Prime Minister in September 2022, she appointed Braverman as Home Secretary. This is a very important job. The Home Secretary is in charge of policing, immigration, and national security.
Braverman resigned from this role in October 2022. She said she had made a mistake by sending an official document using her personal email.
Just six days later, she was reappointed as Home Secretary. This happened when Rishi Sunak became the new Prime Minister. Her reappointment caused some debate among other politicians.
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In March 2023, she visited Rwanda to see housing for asylum seekers. She was dismissed from her role as Home Secretary in November 2023. James Cleverly took over the position.
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Political Views
Suella Braverman is known for her right-wing political views.
- She strongly supported Brexit (leaving the European Union).
- She supports sending people who cross the English Channel in small boats to Rwanda.
- She has spoken about the British Empire, saying she is proud of it. She believes it was a "force for good."
- She supports free schools in England. These are schools that are not run by the local council.
- She has specific views on gender identity. She believes schools do not have to agree to requests from students who want to change their gender recognition.
- She has expressed strong support for Israel in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. She has also criticized pro-Palestine protests.
- She has raised concerns about a trade deal with India. She fears it could increase migration to the UK.
- She has spoken about National Conservatism. She believes immigration threatens the country's "national character."
- She has called for changes to the 1951 Refugee Convention. She questions if it is suitable for today's world. She also criticized multiculturalism.
Personal Life
In 2018, Suella Braverman married Rael Braverman. He is a manager at Mercedes-Benz. They have two children, a son named George and a daughter named Gabriella. They live in Locks Heath, Hampshire.
Braverman is a member of the Triratna Buddhist Community. She took her oath as an MP on the Buddhist Dhammapada. Her husband, Rael Braverman, joined Reform UK in December 2024.
Awards and Honours
- In 2022, she won the first-ever Queen Elizabeth II Woman of the Year award.
- She was named "political disruptor of the year" in 2023 by The Spectator magazine.
- She was sworn into the Privy Council in 2020. This gives her the title "The Right Honourable."
- She was appointed as King's Counsel in 2020.
Images for kids
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Logo used by Braverman's leadership bid
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Braverman was eliminated in round 2 of the Conservative leadership election.
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See also
In Spanish: Suella Braverman para niños
