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'''Dominic Rennie Raab''' is a British politician serving as the [[First Secretary of State]] and [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] since July 2019. He previously served in the Cabinet as Brexit Secretary in 2018. A member of the [[Conservative Party]], he has also been the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for Esher and Walton since the 2010 United Kingdom General Election.<ref>''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/83496.stm "Dominic Raab MP - profile"]''</ref>
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'''Dominic Rennie Raab''' is a UK politician who was the [[First Secretary of State]] and [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] since July 2019. A member of the [[Conservative Party]], he has also been the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for Esher and Walton since the [[2010 UK General Election]].<ref>''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/83496.stm "Dominic Raab MP - profile"]''</ref>  In April 2020, Raab became ''de facto'' [[UK Prime Minister]] as [[Boris Johnson]] was hospitalised with [[COVID-19]].<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8195167/Dominic-Raab-one-time-boxing-blue-just-one-years-Cabinet-experience.html</ref>
  
 
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Dominic Raab, [[Foreign Secretary]] and ''de facto'' [[UK Deputy Prime Minister]]. In April 2020, Raab became ''de facto'' [[UK Prime Minister]] as [[Boris Johnson]] was hospitalised with [[COVID-19]].<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8195167/Dominic-Raab-one-time-boxing-blue-just-one-years-Cabinet-experience.html</ref>
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Dominic Raab, [[Foreign Secretary]] and ''de facto'' [[UK Deputy Prime Minister]]. He was a [[Foreign Office]] lawyer and [[David Davis]] protégé.<ref>''[https://www.politico.eu/article/boris-johnson-new-cabinet-whos-in/ "Meet Boris Johnson’s new Cabinet"]''</ref>
 
 
He was a [[Foreign Office]] lawyer and [[David Davis]] protégé.<ref>''[https://www.politico.eu/article/boris-johnson-new-cabinet-whos-in/ "Meet Boris Johnson’s new Cabinet"]''</ref>
 
  
  

Revision as of 15:36, 17 April 2020

Person.png Dominic Raab  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(lawyer, politician)
Dominic Raab.jpg
BornDominic Rennie Raab
25 February 1974

Employment.png First Secretary of State Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
24 July 2019 - Present

Employment.png UK/Foreign Secretary Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
24 July 2019 - Present
Preceded byJeremy Hunt

Employment.png Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union

In office
9 July 2018 - 15 November 2018
Preceded byDavid Davis
Succeeded byStephen Barclay

Employment.png Member of Parliament for Esher and Walton

In office
6 May 2010 - Present

“So early relaxation [of the UK COVID-19 lockdown] would do more damage to the economy over a long period... the government has decided the current measures must remain in place for at least the next three weeks... We’ve already sacrificed too much to give up now... so we need to be patient a while longer... now is not the moment to give the coronavirus a second chance.”
Dominic Raab (April 2020)  [1]

Dominic Rennie Raab is a UK politician who was the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs since July 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he has also been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Esher and Walton since the 2010 UK General Election.[2] In April 2020, Raab became de facto UK Prime Minister as Boris Johnson was hospitalised with COVID-19.[3]

Background

Raab was born to a Czech-born Jewish refugee.

Career

Dominic Raab, Foreign Secretary and de facto UK Deputy Prime Minister. He was a Foreign Office lawyer and David Davis protégé.[4]


Opinions

Brexit

Raab was a Vote Leave campaigner. He quit Theresa May’s Cabinet in protest over the Brexit deal he helped negotiate.


 

An appointment by Dominic Raab

AppointeeJobAppointed
Barbara WoodwardUK/Permanent Representative to the UN6 August 2020

 

Event Participated in

EventLocation(s)Description
UK/Parliament/Voted YES to vaccine passports in 2021UK/House of CommonsThese members of the UK Parliament voted YES to the introduction of a "vaccine" passport in 2021

 

Related Documents

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Boris Johnson is Unfit for National Officeblog post13 December 2021Clifford ThurlowJohnson has been astute with the people he has gathered about him in the Cabinet. They are greedy and self-serving. They will never Level Up. They will continue to leech money from the NHS, underfund schools and keep hungry people queuing up outside food banks.
Document:Pro-Kremlin trolls infiltrating comments on news sites for major influence operation, research saysArticle6 September 2021Deborah HaynesA study at Cardiff University shows that "Pro-Kremlin trolls" are influencing opinion in the West by infiltrating the comments sections of news websites. Dissent from the Official Narrative? Must be Russian disinformation.
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