Indian-origin barrister Suella Braverman has been appointed the new Home Secretary of the United Kingdom.
Key points
- She has been appointed new Home Secretary by Prime Minister Liz Truss. She has succeeded her colleague of Indian origin Priti Patel.
- The 42 year-old Suella Braverman from the ruling Conservative Party had served as the Attorney General in the earlier government led by Boris Johnson.
- Born to a Hindu Tamil mother Uma and father Christie Fernandes, Braverman is a Buddhist. She took her oath of office in Parliament on the Buddhist text of Dhammapada.
- She was one of the contenders to replace former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
- Recently, Liz Truss took over as the UK’s Prime Minister as she was named as the leader of the country’s ruling conservative party.
- She secured 81 thousand 326 votes while her competitor Rishi Sunak got 60 thousand 399 votes.
