Dominic Raab
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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.[1]
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Background
Raab was born to a Czech-born Jewish refugee.
Career
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.[2]
He was a Foreign Office lawyer and David Davis protégé.[3]
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
| Appointee | Job | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Barbara Woodward | UK/Permanent Representative to the UN | 6 August 2020 |
Event Participated in
| Event | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Boris Johnson is Unfit for National Office | blog post | 13 December 2021 | Clifford Thurlow | Johnson 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 says | Article | 6 September 2021 | Deborah Haynes | A 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. |
References
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