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| Born | 4 September 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Thames Valley University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Susannah Sparks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Made UK/Home Secretary in 2023
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James Spencer Cleverly is a British politician and Territorial Army officer who was appointed UK/Home Secretary on 13 November 2023 to succeed Suella Braverman.[1] He was previously UK/Foreign Secretary from September 2022. Earlier he was UK/Education Secretary and Minister of State for Europe and North America. A member of the Conservative Party, James Cleverly has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Braintree in Essex since 2015.[2] James Cleverly was also co-Chairman of the Conservative Party alongside Ben Elliot from 2019 to 2020 and the Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Bexley and Bromley from 2008 to 2016.
James Cleverly advocated a Brexit vote in the 2016 EU Referendum. In the second May ministry, he was Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2018 to 2019 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from April to July 2019, following the resignation of Chris Heaton-Harris. After Boris Johnson was appointed Prime Minister in July 2019, Cleverly was promoted to the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio. He was co-Chairman of the Conservative Party alongside Ben Elliot from 2019 to 2020. Cleverly was demoted from the Cabinet in the February 2020 reshuffle; he was subsequently appointed Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa. He became Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America in December 2021, before being appointed Minister of State for Europe and North America in February 2022.[3]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Munich Security Conference/2020 | 14 February 2020 | 16 February 2020 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers." |
| Munich Security Conference/2023 | 17 February 2023 | 19 February 2023 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists. The real decisions are made by deep politicians behind the scenes, elsewhere. |
| UK/Parliament/Voted YES to vaccine passports in 2021 | UK/House of Commons | These members of the UK Parliament voted YES to the introduction of a "vaccine" passport in 2021 |
