Who is Suella Braverman, UK's next Home Secretary?

Suella Braverman, 42, the UK Attorney General of Indian origin, will be appointed the next Home Secretary. She will replace Priti Patel in Liz Truss's Cabinet. 50-year-old Priti Patel resigned on Monday, September 5, only hours after Liz Truss was named the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 

I'm delighted that Liz Truss has been elected the leader of the Conservative Party. I'm confident she will take the bold action needed to get all of us through these tough times, grow our economy, and unleash the potential of the UK

— Suella Braverman MP (@SuellaBraverman) September 5, 2022

Third minority Home Secretary: According to a PTI report, Braverman is likely to be the only Indian-origin MP in Truss's Cabinet. She is all set to become the third minority Home Secretary, after Priti Patel and Sajid Javid. 

Braverman has previously served on the Education Select Committee, as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Treasury, and as a Brexit Minister. She later resigned from the post in November 2018 over "unacceptable terms of the Withdrawal Agreement". In February 2020, Boris Johnson appointed her to serve as Attorney General.

Braveman's Indian roots: Braverman was born in Harrow, Greater London, to Christie and Uma Fernandes, both of Indian origin, who emigrated to Britain in the 1960s. 

• Her mother was born into a Hindu Tamil Mauritian family and was a nurse and a counsellor in Brent. Her mother was later a Conservative candidate from Tottenham in the 2001 general election and in the Brent East by-election in 2003. 
• Her father was of Goan ancestry and worked for a housing association.
• Braverman is also the niece of Mahen Kundasamy, former Mauritian High Commissioner to London.
• She married Rael Braverman in February 2018, and has two children. 

Braverman ran for UK PM elections: Suella, who was also running for Prime Minister, decided to support Liz Truss after losing in the second round in July.