James Spencer Cleverly TD VR (born 4 September 1969) is a British politician and Army Reserve officer who has held the position of Foreign Secretary since 2022.  In 2022, he served as Secretary of State for Education.

He is a Conservative Party member who has served as the MP for Braintree in Essex since 2015.

From 2019 to 2020, he was Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party with Ben Elliot, and from 2008 to 2016, he was a member of the London Assembly (AM) representing Bexley and Bromley.

What ethnicity is James Cleverly? Where is James Cleverly from?

Cleverly was born in Lewisham, London, on September 4, 1969, to James Philip and Evelyn Suna Cleverly. His father is British and worked as a surveyor, while his mother is Sierra Leonean and worked as a midwife.

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Cleverly lobbied for a Brexit vote in the EU membership referendum in 2016. From 2018 to 2019, he was Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, and from April to July 2019.

He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. Cleverly was moved to the Cabinet as Minister without portfolio when Boris Johnson was named Prime Minister in July 2019.