# Factbox-Dominic Raab returns to government as deputy PM under Sunak
Author:  Pal Sinha, Barnali 
Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali
Published: 2022-10-26
Category: NEWS
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Meta Title: Five Facts about Dominic Raab: The New Deputy Prime Minister
Meta Description: Learn about Dominic Raab's political career and personal background, including his roles in government, stance on Brexit, and family history as a son of a
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LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmaker Dominic Raab was appointed deputy prime minister and minister of justice on Tuesday, returning to the roles he held for a year until September.

Here are five facts about Raab:

– Raab, 48, lost his roles as deputy prime minister and justice minister when Liz Truss entered Downing Street earlier this year and has been a staunch supporter of now Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in two leadership campaigns.

– As deputy [prime minister](https://www.financedigest.com/britains-queen-elizabeth-will-appoint-new-prime-minister-at-balmoral.html "Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will appoint new prime minister at Balmoral") under Boris Johnson, Raab had to step in when the former leader was hospitalised in intensive care with COVID-19 in April 2020. He also served as [foreign minister](https://www.financedigest.com/not-business-as-usual-for-g20-foreign-ministers-meeting-in-bali.html "Not ‘business as usual’ for G20 foreign ministers meeting in Bali").

– Raab is a hardline eurosceptic, who long campaigned for Britain to [leave the European Union and was appointed to Brexit](https://www.financedigest.com/eu-ready-to-leave-brexit-and-the-essex-sme.html "“EU Ready to Leave?”: Brexit and the Essex SME") minister in 2018 by another former prime minister, Theresa May.

– Raab ran against Johnson to become leader of the Conservative Party and [prime minister](https://www.financedigest.com/economist-odor-picked-as-slovakias-caretaker-prime-minister.html "Economist Odor picked as Slovakia’s caretaker prime minister") in 2019. During that campaign he criticised Johnson’s “bluff and bluster” over Brexit. Raab was eliminated midway through the contest and then endorsed Johnson.

– The son of a Czech-born Jewish refugee who fled the Nazis in 1938, Raab was brought up in the southern English region of Buckinghamshire and studied law at Oxford University before becoming a lawyer working on project finance, [international litigation and competition law](https://www.financedigest.com/international-law-firm-calls-in-viato-connect-uk-and-us-offices.html "INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM CALLS IN VIATO CONNECT UK AND US OFFICES").

(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; Editing by Alistair Smout and Deepa Babington)


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