Braverman spent just 43 days in the role of home secretary
Britain's interior minister Suella Braverman quit the UK government on Wednesday. She becomes the second senior cabinet minister to depart within a week from Liz Truss's cabinet.
5 Points About Suella Braverman's decision to quit Lizz Truss Cabinet
- Suella Braverman,42, was born Sue-Ellen Fernandes, to parents Christie and Uma Fernandes, who emigrated to the UK in the 1960s, according to standard.co.uk. She was their only child. While Ms Braverman's father worked for a housing association, her mother was a nurse for more than four decades. She married Rael Braverman, a manager at Mercedes, at the House of Commons in February 2018. The couple has two children, born in 2019 and 2021, respectively.
- She attended Heathfield School in London and then decided to study law at Queen's College, Cambridge. She also has a master's degree in law from the University of Paris 1, Pantheon-Sorbonne, and then she qualified as a New York attorney, reported Standard.co.uk.
- The Indian-origin barrister's political career started when she ran for office from Leicester East in the general election of 2005, the UK Parliament website said. In May 2015, she won a seat representing Fareham as a Conservative Party member. The 42-year-old has been in Parliament ever since, winning re-election in 2017 and 2019.
- Suella Braverman is a member of the controversial Triratna Buddhist Community, which has been shaken by allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
- The Indian-origin barrister resigned over a technical breach of government rules. In her resignation letter, she wrote, "I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility; I resign." And within hours, Truss' officer announced that she would be replaced by Grant Shapps, a former transport minister under ex-premier Boris Johnson, reported AFP.
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