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Lieutenant ColonelThe Right Honourable
James Cleverly
TDVRMP
Official portrait, 2023
Shadow Home Secretary
Assumed office
8 July 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Preceded byYvette Cooper
Home Secretary
In office
13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded bySuella Braverman
Succeeded byYvette Cooper
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
In office
6 September 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime Minister
Preceded byLiz Truss
Succeeded byDavid Cameron
Secretary of State for Education
In office
7 July 2022 – 6 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byMichelle Donelan
Succeeded byKit Malthouse
Minister without Portfolio
In office
24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byBrandon Lewis
Succeeded byAmanda Milling
Junior ministerial offices
Minister of State for Europe and North America
In office
8 February 2022 – 7 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byChris Heaton-Harris[a]
Succeeded byGraham Stuart[b]
Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America[c]
In office
13 February 2020 – 8 February 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAndrew Murrison
Succeeded byAmanda Milling[d]
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
In office
4 April 2019 – 24 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byChris Heaton-Harris
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Party political offices
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
24 July 2019 – 13 February 2020
Serving withBen Elliot
LeaderBoris Johnson
Preceded byBrandon Lewis
Succeeded byAmanda Milling
Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
8 January 2018 – 4 April 2019
LeaderTheresa May
Preceded byAmanda Sater
Succeeded byHelen Whately
Member of Parliament
forBraintree
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byBrooks Newmark
Majority3,670 (7.5%)
Leader of theConservative Party
in the London Assembly
In office
2011–2012
Preceded byRoger Evans
Succeeded byAndrew Boff
Member of the London Assembly
forBexley and Bromley
In office
4 May 2008 – 5 May 2016
Preceded byBob Neill
Succeeded byGareth Bacon
Personal details
Born
James Spencer Cleverly

(1969-09-04)4 September 1969(age 54)
Lewisham,London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Susannah Sparks
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(m.2000)​
Children2
ResidenceBlackheath, London
Alma materEaling College of Higher Education
Occupation
Signature
Websitecleverly4braintree
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army(Reserve)
Years of service1989–present
RankLieutenant colonel
UnitRoyal Artillery
James Cleverly's voice
Cleverly outlines his foreign policy priorities as Foreign Secretary
Recorded 15 December 2022

James Spencer CleverlyTDVR,(born 4 September 1969) is a British politician andArmy Reserveofficerwho has been serving asShadow Home Secretarysince July 2024. He previously served asHome Secretaryfrom November 2023 to July 2024 and asForeign Secretaryfrom 2022 to 2023. A member of theConservative Party,he has served as theMember of Parliament(MP) forBraintreein Essex since 2015. He previously served asEducation Secretaryfrom July to September 2022,Co-Chairman of the Conservative PartyalongsideBen Elliotfrom 2019 to 2020, and in other junior ministerial positions.

Cleverly advocated a vote forBrexitin the2016 EU membership referendum.In thesecond May ministry,he served asDeputy Chairman of the Conservative Partyfrom 2018 to 2019 andParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Unionfrom April to July 2019. Cleverly was promoted to theCabinetasminister without portfolioin theFirst Johnson ministry,serving as co-chairman of the Conservative Party alongside Ben Elliot from 2019 to 2020. Cleverly was demoted from the Cabinet in the2020 ministerial reshuffleand served as a juniorForeign Officeminister from February 2020 until theJuly 2022 government crisis,when he was appointed to succeedMichelle Donelanas Secretary of State for Education.

In September 2022, he was appointed foreign secretary by then–Prime MinisterLiz Truss,making him the first British foreign secretary ofAfrican heritage.Retained as foreign secretary whenRishi Sunakbecame prime ministerin October 2022,Cleverly was then appointed home secretary in theNovember 2023 cabinet reshuffle,being succeeded by former prime ministerDavid Cameron.As Home Secretary, Cleverly committed to maintaining theRwanda asylum planand introduced a plan to substantially reduce legal migration to the UK by raising the threshold for family visas. After Labour's victory in the2024 United Kingdom general election,Cleverly was replaced as Home Secretary byYvette Cooper.

Early life and education[edit]

James Spencer Cleverly was born on 4 September 1969 inLewisham,London, to James Philip and Evelyn Suna Cleverly.[1]His father isEnglishand worked as asurveyorand hisSierra Leoneanmother worked as amidwife.[2]He was privately educated at Riverston School andColfe's School,both inLee,London. He pursued hospitality management studies atEaling College of Higher Education(nowUniversity of West London) graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1991.[3][4]

After graduation, Cleverly worked for publishing companyVerenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen,and joinedInformaas international sales manager in 2002. In 2004, he joined Crimson Publishing as an advertising manager. He became online commercial manager for Caspian Publishing in 2006. The following year, he co-founded web publishing company Point and Fire.[1][3]

Military service[edit]

Cleverly's initial training atSandhurstwas curtailed by a leg injury sustained in 1989. On 6 October 1991, he wascommissionedinto theArmy Reserve,as asecond lieutenant(acting).[5]In January 1993, his commission was confirmed and he was appointedsubstantivesecond lieutenant.[6]Cleverly was promoted tolieutenanton 6 October 1993,[7]tocaptainon 26 May 1998,[8]and tomajoron 1 November 2003.[9]Until 2005, he wasBattery Commanderof266 (Para) Battery Royal Artillery (Volunteers).[10]

Cleverly was promoted tolieutenant colonelon 1 March 2015.[11]He currently serves withNational Reserve Headquarters, Royal Artillery,working as a Staff Officer in1st (UK) Armoured Division.[12]

Political career[edit]

London Assembly[edit]

In March 2007, Cleverly was selected as the Conservative Partycandidatefor theBexley and Bromleyconstituency of theLondon Assembly.The London Assembly election was held on 1 May with the count and declaration on 2 May, where he received 105,162 votes (52.6% of the vote) and a majority of 75,237.[13]

In January 2009, Cleverly was appointed as theMayor of London'syouth ambassador,a newly created role which was seen as being a replacement post for the deputy mayor for young people, a post left vacant after the resignation ofRay Lewis.The creation of the role caused some controversy as it was not filled by a mayoral appointment but by a member of the Assembly whose formal role was to scrutinise the Mayor. The decision was defended because of the precedent set by the appointment ofKit Malthouseas Deputy Mayor for Policing.[14]

In February 2010, Cleverly was appointed as the chairman of the London Waste and Recycling Board, replacingBoris Johnsonwho had stood down.[15]

In August 2010, Cleverly posted atweetsaying: "We may be coalition partners but it doesn't stop me thinkingSimon Hughesis a dick, "in response to a suggestion by Hughes, the Liberal Democrat deputy leader, that backbench MPs should be able to vetoCoalitionpolicies.[16]He later apologised.[17]

In November 2010, Cleverly was re-selected to be the Conservative candidate for Bexley and Bromley at the2012 London Assembly election,going on to win the seat with 88,482 votes (once again 52.6% of the votes) and a majority of 47,768.[18]After the defeat ofBrian Colemanat the election, Cleverly was appointed to the chair of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.

House of Commons[edit]

In January 2015, Cleverly was selected to be the Conservativeparliamentary candidateforBraintree,after the sitting Conservative MPBrooks Newmarkstood down following controversy over sending sexually suggestive messages to an undercover reporter.[19]His selection came after the initial selection process was quietly suspended byConservative Campaign Headquarters,after the local party chose someone not on the approved candidates list and was told to "think again".[20]

At the2015 general election,Cleverly was elected to Parliament as MP for Braintree, winning 53.8% of the vote and a majority of 17,610.[21]Following the election, Cleverly did not defend his seat at the2016 London Assembly election.[22]

Official portraits of Cleverly
as a Member of Parliament
2017
2020

In November 2015, Cleverly was criticised for pushing through the closure of 10 fire stations in London after the death of an elderly man in Camden following delays in the arrival of fire crews. In response, Cleverly said: "It is impossible for them to say that with certainty. I think it would be much wiser for theFBUto wait for the details of that fire investigation to come out before they start making these opportunistic allegations. "[23]

In January 2016, theLabour Partyproposed an amendment to theHousing and Planning Bill 2016[24]that would have required private landlords to make homes which they put up for rent "fit for human habitation". According to Parliament's register of interests, Cleverly was one of 72 Conservative MPs who voted against the amendment and who personally derived an income from renting out property. The Conservative Government had responded to the amendment by saying that they believed homes should be fit for human habitation but did not want to pass the new law that would explicitly require it.[25]

In March 2016, Cleverly was asked to step down as patron of Advocacy for All, a charity supporting disadvantaged people in South East England. The charity felt he was no longer a suitable person for the role, given that he had voted to cutEmployment and Support Allowance(the benefit paid to disabled people who are unable to work).[26][27]

Cleverly advocated voting forBrexitin the2016 EU membership referendum.[28]

At the2017 general election,Cleverly was re-elected with an increased vote share of 62.8% and an increased majority of 18,422.[29]

In January 2018 he was appointed as adeputy chairman of the Conservative Party[30]before becoming ajunior ministerat theDepartment for Exiting the European Unionin April 2019.

Cleverly as Minister of State for Middle East & North Africa in 2020.

In October 2018, Cleverly defended ConservativeLondon mayoralcandidateShaun Baileyover potentiallyIslamophobicandHinduphobiccomments made in a pamphlet and suggested that black boys were drifting into crime as a result of learning more about faiths other than "their own Christian culture".[31]

On 29 May 2019, Cleverly announced he was standing to replaceTheresa Mayin the2019 Conservative leadership election,[32]before withdrawing from the race on 4 June 2019.[33]

Following the appointment ofBoris JohnsonasPrime Minister,Cleverly was appointedCo-Chairman of the Conservative Party,serving alongside Ben Elliot.

At the2019 general election,Cleverly was again re-elected with an increased vote share of 67.5% and an increased majority of 24,673.[34][35]

In the2020 cabinet reshuffle,Cleverly was removed from Johnson's cabinet and appointedMinister of State for the Middle East and North Africa.He became Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America in December 2021, before being appointedMinister of State for Europe and North Americain February 2022.

In September 2020, he expressed concern about a "looming"famine in Yemen.[36]In March 2021, Cleverly described the situation inYemenas one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.[37]In March 2022, he said that attempts to compareSaudi ArabiatoRussiawere "ridiculously distasteful", describing Saudi Arabia as an "incredibly influential country in the region" and a "significant oil and gas producer."[38]

On 7 July 2022, Cleverly succeededMichelle DonelanasSecretary of State for Education,a post that he held for almost two months.[39]

Foreign Secretary[edit]

Cleverly receiving a guard of honour as Foreign Secretary at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, 2023

Cleverly was promoted to the positionForeign Secretaryby incoming Prime MinisterLiz Trusson 6 September 2022.

Cleverly attended theUN Security Councilmeeting on 22 September, where he called on other countries to reject theannexation referendumsdue to take place inRussian-occupied areasin Eastern and SouthernUkraine.[40]

On 20 October 2022, he announced that the United Kingdom would pursue sanctions againstIranfor supplying drones to attack civilian targets in Ukraine. Cleverly stated that "Iran cannot be allowed to violate UN resolutions".[41]

Cleverly endorsed former Prime MinisterBoris Johnsonahead of theOctober 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.As Johnson ended up not standing, Cleverly then endorsedRishi Sunak.[42]Sunak re-appointed him tohis cabinetas Foreign Secretary on 25 October 2022.

Cleverly withEthiopia's Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmedon 8 December 2022

In October 2022, due to doubts raised that British homosexual football fans would be safe at the 2022Football World Cuptaking place inQatar,Cleverly suggested that they should show "a little bit of flex and compromise",[43]adding that he thought it was "important when you're a visitor to a country that you respect the culture of your host nation." He described Qatar as "an Islamic country with a very different set of cultural norms to our own [those of Britain]".[44]Labour called his advice "shockingly tone-deaf",[45]due to the fact thatgay activity is illegal in Qatarand that Cleverly had known that if gay people expressed their homosexuality openly in Qatar they would be arrested. Earlier in 2022, LGBT organisations stated that "progress has been slow" in attempting to ensure the safety of LGBT football fans withFIFAin Qatar – and additionally that reassurances from Qatar had "not been adequate".[46]In Qatar sex between men carries a penalty of up to 7 years in prison.[44]

Cleverly withIsraeliPrime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahuin Jerusalem, 11 September 2023

In May 2022, the country'semir,Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani,said that he believed criticism about Qatar being chosen to host the World Cup came from "people who cannot accept the idea that an Arab Muslim country would host a tournament like the World Cup".[44][47]Sunak's spokesperson distanced themselves from Cleverly's comments, saying that fans should not have to "compromise who they are", as well as that "Qatar's policies are not those of the UK Government and not ones we would endorse".[48]

Later, in November 2022, Cleverly stated that his actions were "about ensuring that the English and Welsh fans going over to enjoy the football were safe and happy and that they enjoyed themselves whilst watching the tournament."[49]

In December 2022, despitehuman rights concernsinSaudi Arabia,Cleverly called Saudi Arabia a strategic partner.[50]In the same month, Cleverly met his Norwegian counterpart,Anniken Huitfeldt,to discuss continued military cooperation and attended the annual Christmas tree lighting.[51]

Cleverly in Washington DC with US Secretary of StateAntony Blinkenin 2023

In January 2023, Cleverly again metAntony Blinken,theUS Secretary of State,inWashington, DCto discuss theRussian invasion of Ukraine,recent events inIranfollowing theanti-regime protestsoccurring there among other issues, as well as to reaffirm the UK'sspecial relationshipwith the United States.[52]

Cleverly was criticised by some Conservative MPs, includingLiz Truss,for refusing to reclassifyChinaas a "threat" in response to the Chinese Government's aggressiveforeign policyand itshuman rights abusesof theUyghurMuslim community.[53]He called China a potential "partner for good".[54]

On 19 July 2023, Cleverly made a public statement following his being mooted as a possible successor to the departing Defence Secretary,Ben Wallace.Cleverly asked Prime Minister Sunak to leave him in his current position, because he said he really likes the job. He stated that if he was removed from his post, "you will see nail marks on the parquet floor in my office".[55]

In August 2023, Cleverly made his first visit to China as the first UK Government minister to visit the country since 2018.[56]The trip was reportedly to promote bilateral trade and climate change policy and challengeChina's response to the Russo-Ukrainian War.[57][58]

Cleverly with Turkish Foreign MinisterHakan Fidan,13 September 2023

On 13 September 2023, he met Turkish Foreign MinisterHakan Fidanin Ankara and stated thatTurkeyis an "indispensable partner" to the UK and "has truly significant commitments to NATO."[59]

Cleverly expressed support forIsraelduring the2023 Israel–Hamas war.On 11 October 2023, he visited Israel "to show solidarity to Israeli people".[60]He rejected calls for a ceasefire but supported "humanitarian pauses" to provide aid to civilians in theGaza Strip.[61]

Home Secretary[edit]

Cleverly with Dutch Minister for MigrationEric van der Burgin March 2024

In Sunak'scabinet reshuffle on 13 November 2023,Cleverly was appointedHome Secretary,succeedingSuella Braverman.[62][63]

On 22 November 2023, Cleverly was accused by Labour MPAlex Cunninghamof calling Cunningham'sStockton North constituencya "shithole" in response to a question in theHouse of Commons;Cleverly denied the allegation, but apologised for using "unparliamentary language", which he said had instead been used to describe Cunningham himself.[64]

On 23 December 2023, Cleverly faced calls to resign for joking aboutspikinghis wife's drink withRohypnol,adate rape drug.[65]A spokesperson said that Cleverly "apologise[d]" for what he had intended "to be an ironic joke".[66]

Personal life[edit]

Cleverly married Susannah Sparks in 2000; the couple have two sons.[1]Cleverly lives inBlackheath,south-east London.[67]His cousinChris Cleverlyis a lawyer and businessman.[68]Cleverly is a fan of theminiature wargameWarhammer 40,000;he has a privateYouTubechannel dedicated topainting the game's miniatures.[69][70]

Honours and decorations[edit]

Cleverly was awarded theEfficiency Decoration(TD) for 12 years' commissioned service in the Territorial Army in January 2012,[71][72]as well as theQueen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medalin 2002, theQueen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medalin 2012,[73]theQueen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medalin 2022 and theKing Charles III Coronation Medalin 2023.

He was sworn of thePrivy Council of the United Kingdomon 8 October 2019 atBuckingham Palaceas part of his appointment asMinister without portfolioandConservative Party Chairmanin theJohnson ministry.Membership of the Privy Council affords thehonorary prefix"the Right Honourable"for life.[74]

Ribbon Description Notes
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
  • 2002
  • UK version of this medal
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
  • 2012
  • UK version of this medal
Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal
  • 2022
  • UK version of this medal
King Charles III Coronation Medal
  • 2023
  • UK version of this medal
Efficiency Decoration(TD)
Volunteer Reserves Service Medal(VR)
  • 10 years Commissioned Service in the Territorial Army/Army Reserves

Notes[edit]

  1. ^AsMinister of State for Europe;Cleverly retained responsibility for North America
  2. ^AsMinister of State for Europe.Rehman Chishtiassumed responsibility for North America.
  3. ^Jointly with theDepartment for International Developmentuntil September 2020; Middle East and North Africa until December 2021.
  4. ^AsMinister of State for Asia and the Middle East.The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledonassumed responsibility for North Africa; Cleverly retained responsibility for North America

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