James Cleverly is a British politician and Army Reserve officer who has served as Home Secretary since November 2023.
A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Braintree in Essex since 2015.
He previously served as Foreign Secretary from 2022 to 2023, Secretary of State for Education from July to September 2022, Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party alongside Ben Elliot from 2019 to 2020, and in other junior ministerial positions.
Cleverly advocated a vote for Brexit in the 2016 EU membership referendum. In the second May ministry, he served as 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.
When Boris Johnson was appointed prime minister in July 2019, Cleverly was promoted to the Cabinet as minister without portfolio, serving as Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party alongside Ben Elliot from 2019 to 2020.
Cleverly was demoted from the Cabinet in the 2020 ministerial reshuffle and appointed Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa, then 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.
In July 2022, he succeeded Michelle Donelan as Secretary of State for Education. In September 2022, he was appointed foreign secretary by then–Prime Minister Liz Truss, making him the first British foreign secretary of African heritage.
Retained as foreign secretary when Rishi Sunak became prime minister in October 2022, Cleverly was then appointed home secretary as part of the November 2023 cabinet reshuffle.
James Cleverly Biography
Cleverly was born on 4 September 1969 at Lewisham, London, to James Philip and Evelyn Suna Cleverly. His father is British and worked as a surveyor and his mother worked as a midwife and is from Sierra Leone.
He was privately educated at Riverston School and Colfe’s School, both in Lee, London. Cleverly then trained in the army, but his training was cut short by a leg injury in 1989.
He then pursued hospitality management studies at Ealing College of Higher Education (now University of West London) graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1991.
After graduation, he worked for the publishing company Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen; he joined Informa as international sales manager in 2002.
Two years later, Cleverly 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.
James Cleverly Age
James Cleverly is 54 years old as of 20231. He was born on 4 September 1969 in Lewisham, London, England.
James Cleverly Net worth
James Cleverly’s net worth is estimated to be about $5 million.
James Cleverly Wife
James Cleverly is married to Susannah Janet Temple Sparks, who is also known as Susie Cleverly. They have two sons, Freddy and Rupert.
James Cleverly Children
James Cleverly has two sons, Freddy and Rupert, with his wife Susannah Sparks. There is not much information available about them, but they are both adults as of 2023.
James Cleverly Family
Father: James Cleverly’s father is James Philip Cleverly, who is a British surveyor.
Mother: James Cleverly’s mother is Evelyn Suna Cleverly, who is a midwife from Sierra Leone.
Siblings: There is no information about James Cleverly’s siblings, as of now it is unclear if he has any siblings or not.
Wife: Susannah Sparks is the wife of James Cleverly. They got married in 2000. She is a former journalist and PR consultant.
Sons: Freddy Cleverly is the elder son of James and Susannah Cleverly.
Rupert Cleverly is the younger son of James and Susannah Cleverly.
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