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.SurreyLive

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