Dominic Raab
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Dominic Raab MP |
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| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Civil Liberties | |
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In office 12 May 2015 – 16 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Simon Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Phillip Lee |
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Member of Parliament for Esher and Walton |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Taylor |
| Majority | 28,616 (50.2%) |
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Dominic Rennie Raab 25 February 1974 Buckinghamshire, England, UK |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Erika Rey |
| Children | Peter |
| Residence | Thames Ditton, Surrey, England |
| Alma mater |
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford Jesus College, Cambridge |
| Website | Official website |
Dominic Rennie Raab (born 25 February 1974) is a British Conservative politician. He is the member of parliament (MP) for Esher and Walton and is a former solicitor. He was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Human Rights, at the Ministry of Justice on 12 May 2015, but returned to the backbenches a year later as a result of Theresa May's first Cabinet reshuffle.
Raab grew up in Buckinghamshire, the son of a Czech father, who came to Britain in 1938 as a Jewish refugee. Raab went to Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham. He went on to Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where he read law. After graduating, Raab gained a master's degree at Jesus College, Cambridge. Raab was initially a solicitor at Linklaters in London. Raab spent the summer of 1998 at Birzeit University (near Ramallah) where he worked for one of the principal Palestinian negotiators of the Oslo peace accords, assessing World Bank projects on the West Bank.
In 2000, Raab joined the Foreign Office, covering a range of briefs including leading a team at the British Embassy in The Hague, dedicated to bringing war criminals to justice. Upon returning to London, he advised on the Arab-Israeli Conflict, the European Union, and Gibraltar. From 2006 to 2010, Raab worked in Parliament as Chief of Staff to Shadow Home Secretary David Davis and to Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Dominic Grieve.
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