Dominic Raab

**Dominic Rennie Raab** (born 25 February 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor from 2022 until 2023 in the government of Rishi Sunak. He had the same job in the government of Boris Johnson from 15 September 2021 to 6 September 2022. In July 2019, Raab became the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs during the Boris Johnson administration. He was Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from July 2018 to November 2018.

Raab has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Esher and Walton since being elected in 2010. He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice on 12 May 2015.

Following the 2017 general election, he was appointed Minister of State for Courts and Justice. He was later moved to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

In July 2018, May appointed him Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union following the resignation of David Davis. Raab resigned as Brexit Secretary on 15 November 2018.

On 25 May 2019, Raab announced he was standing in the Conservative Party leadership election after Theresa May announced her resignation. On 18 June, he was eliminated on the second round of the contest.

On 15 September 2021, Raab's cabinet position was reshuffled and he became Justice Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

He resigned from the Government in April 2023.

His father was Jewish and fled from Czechoslovakia in 1938.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office3**: Secretary of State for Justice
Lord Chancellor
- **term start3**: 25 October 2022
- **term end3**: 21 April 2023
- **primeminister3**: Rishi Sunak
- **predecessor3**: Brandon Lewis
- **successor3**: Alex Chalk
- **term start4**: 15 September 2021
- **term end4**: 6 September 2022
- **primeminister4**: Boris Johnson
- **predecessor4**: Robert Buckland
- **successor4**: Brandon Lewis
- **office6**: Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
- **primeminister6**: Boris Johnson
- **term start6**: 24 July 2019
- **term end6**: 15 September 2021
- **predecessor6**: Jeremy Hunt
- **successor6**: Liz Truss
- **office7**: Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
- **primeminister7**: Theresa May
- **term start7**: 9 July 2018
- **term end7**: 15 November 2018
- **predecessor7**: David Davis (British politician), David Davis
- **successor7**: Steve Barclay


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office8**: Minister of State for Housing and Planning
- **primeminister8**: Theresa May
- **term start8**: 9 January 2018
- **term end8**: 9 July 2018
- **predecessor8**: Alok Sharma
- **successor8**: Kit Malthouse
- **office9**: Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom), Minister of State for Courts and Justice
- **primeminister9**: Theresa May
- **term start9**: 12 June 2017
- **term end9**: 9 January 2018
- **predecessor9**: Oliver Heald
- **successor9**: Rory Stewart
- **office10**: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Liberties and Human Rights
- **primeminister10**: David Cameron
- **term start10**: 12 May 2015
- **term end10**: 16 July 2016
- **predecessor10**: Simon Hughes
- **successor10**: Phillip Lee (politician), Phillip Lee


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **image**: Dominic Raab Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2021
- **alt**: Portrait photograph of Dominic Raab
- **office1**: Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- **term start1**: 25 October 2022
- **term end1**: 21 April 2023
- **primeminister1**: Rishi Sunak
- **predecessor1**: Thérèse Coffey
- **successor1**: Oliver Dowden
- **term start2**: 15 September 2021
- **term end2**: 6 September 2022
- **primeminister2**: Boris Johnson
- **predecessor2**: Nick Clegg
- **successor2**: Thérèse Coffey
- **office5**: First Secretary of State
- **term start5**: 24 July 2019
- **term end5**: 15 September 2021
- **primeminister5**: Boris Johnson
- **predecessor5**: Damian Green
- **successor5**: _Vacant_
- **office11**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Esher and Walton
- **term start11**: 6 May 2010
- **term end11**: 30 May 2024
- **predecessor11**: Ian Taylor (British politician), Ian Taylor
- **successor11**: Monica Harding
- **birth name**: Dominic Rennie Raab
- **birth place**: Buckinghamshire, England
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **residence**: Thames Ditton, Surrey, England
- **spouse**: Erika Rey
- **children**: 2
- **education**: Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (Bachelor of Arts, BA)
Jesus College, Cambridge (Master of Laws, LLM)
- **signature**: Dominic Raab Signature.png