The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP
Biography
Suella Braverman was Secretary of State for the Home Department between 25 October 2022 and 13 November 2023. She previously held the same role between 6 September 2022 and 19 October 2022.
She was Attorney General between 13 February 2020 and 6 September 2022.
She also served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union from January to November 2018.
Suella was elected as the Conservative MP for Fareham in May 2015.
Education
Suella was educated at Heathfield School in London and went on to study Law at Queens’ College, Cambridge. She gained a Masters in Law from the University of Paris 1, Pantheon-Sorbonne and qualified as a New York Attorney.
Career
Called to the Bar in 2005, Suella specialised in public law and judicial review. From 2010-2015 she was on the Attorney General’s Panel of Treasury Counsel. She has defended the Home Office in immigration cases, the Parole Board in challenges by prisoners and the Ministry of Defence in matters relating to injuries sustained in battle.