James Cleverly

Lieutenant Colonel The Right Honourable

James Cleverly

TD VR MP
Lieutenant Colonel The Right Honourable; James Cleverly; TD VR MP
	Official portrait, 2023
Shadow Home Secretary
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 July 2024
Leader	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Yvette Cooper
Home Secretary
	In office; 13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Suella Braverman
Succeeded by	Yvette Cooper
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
	In office; 6 September 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime Minister	Liz Truss; Rishi Sunak;
Preceded by	Liz Truss
Succeeded by	David Cameron
Secretary of State for Education
	In office; 7 July 2022 – 6 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Michelle Donelan
Succeeded by	Kit Malthouse
Minister without Portfolio
	In office; 24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Brandon Lewis
Succeeded by	Amanda Milling
Prime Minister
Junior ministerial offices
Minister of State for Europe and North America
	In office; 8 February 2022 – 7 July 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Chris Heaton-Harris
Succeeded by	Graham Stuart
Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America
	In office; 13 February 2020 – 8 February 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Andrew Murrison
Succeeded by	Amanda Milling
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
	In office; 4 April 2019 – 24 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Chris Heaton-Harris
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Leader
Party political offices
Chairman of the Conservative Party
	In office; 24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020 Serving with Ben Elliot
Leader	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Brandon Lewis
Succeeded by	Amanda Milling
Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party
	In office; 8 January 2018 – 4 April 2019
Leader	Theresa May
Preceded by	Amanda Sater
Succeeded by	Helen Whately
Member of Parliament; for Braintree
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 May 2015
Preceded by	Brooks Newmark
Majority	3,670 (7.5%)
Preceded by
London Assembly offices
Leader of the Conservative Party; in the London Assembly
	In office; 2011–2012
Preceded by	Roger Evans
Succeeded by	Andrew Boff
Member of the London Assembly; for Bexley and Bromley
	In office; 4 May 2008 – 5 May 2016
Preceded by	Bob Neill
Succeeded by	Gareth Bacon
Personal details
Born	James Spencer Cleverly; 4 September 1969 (age 54); Lewisham, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Susannah Sparks (m. 2000)
Children	2
Residence	Blackheath, London
Alma mater	Ealing College of Higher Education
Occupation	Politician; Army Reserve officer;
Signature	File:James Cleverly signature.svg
Website	cleverly4braintree.com
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army (Reserve)
Years of service	1989–present
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Unit	Royal Artillery
	James Cleverly's voice Cleverly outlines his foreign policy priorities as Foreign Secretary; Recorded 15 December 2022

James Spencer Cleverly TD, VR, MP (born 4 September 1969) is a British Conservative politician. He was the Home Secretary from 2023 until 2024. He was previously the Foreign Secretary from 2022 until 2023. In July 2019, he became Minister without Portfolio and Chairman of the Conservative Party for the Boris Johnson ministry. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Braintree^[1] since 2015. Cleverly was the Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2018 to 2019.^[2] In 2022, he served as the Secretary of State for Education.

On 29 May 2019, Cleverly launched his campaign to become the Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2019 election.^[3] On 4 June, he withdrew from the race.^[4]

Notes[change | change source]

↑ As Minister of State for Europe; Cleverly retained responsibility for North America
↑ As Minister of State for Europe. Rehman Chishti assumed responsibility for North America.
↑ Jointly with the Department for International Development until September 2020; Middle East and North Africa until December 2021.
↑ As Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East. The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon assumed responsibility for North Africa; Cleverly retained responsibility for North America

References[change | change source]

↑ "Braintree parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". BBC News. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
↑ "Party Structure and Organisation". Conservatives.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
↑ "Tory leadership contest: James Cleverly joins contenders". BBC News. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
↑ Allegretti, Aubrey. "James Cleverly pulls out of Tory leadership race". Sky News. Retrieved 4 June 2019.

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[1] As Minister of State for Europe; Cleverly retained responsibility for North America

[2] As Minister of State for Europe. Rehman Chishti assumed responsibility for North America.

[3] Jointly with the Department for International Development until September 2020; Middle East and North Africa until December 2021.

[4] As Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East. The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon assumed responsibility for North Africa; Cleverly retained responsibility for North America

[5] "Braintree parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". BBC News. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

[deputy-6] "Party Structure and Organisation". Conservatives.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

[James-7] "Tory leadership contest: James Cleverly joins contenders". BBC News. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

[8] Allegretti, Aubrey. "James Cleverly pulls out of Tory leadership race". Sky News. Retrieved 4 June 2019.

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