Who is Suella Braverman’s husband Rael?
SUELLA BRAVERMAN has had husband Rael Braverman by her side throughout her various political roles.
The politician has been Home Secretary twice, having lost the job for a second time in November 2023.
Who is Suella Braverman?
Suella Braverman is a politician who became a household name when she was named as Home Secretary for the Conservatives in September 2022.
She left the role shortly after but was then swiftly re-appointed by Rishi Sunak.
In November 2023, just over a year after stepping back into the role, Braverman was sacked as Home Secretary following a public backlash to comments she made regarding pro-Palestine protestors marching on Armistice Day.
Braverman stirred controversy after she accused cops of “playing favourites” by refusing to ban a Gaza march on Armistice Day.
The Home Secretary lashed out at Met chiefs, claiming they were deliberately tougher on right wing protestors than “politically-connected minority groups who are favoured by the left”.
Writing in The Times, Braverman said: “Unfortunately, there is a perception that senior police officers play favourites when it comes to protesters.
“During Covid, why was it that lockdown objectors were given no quarter by public order police yet Black Lives Matters demonstrators were enabled, allowed to break rules and even greeted with officers taking the knee?
“Right-wing and nationalist protesters who engage in aggression are rightly met with a stern response yet pro-Palestinian mobs displaying almost identical behaviour are largely ignored, even when clearly breaking the law?”
The then-Home Secretary added she had spoken to serving and former officers who have “noted this double standard”.
The article caused a civil war in the Tory Party – with cabinet ministers calling for their colleague to be sacked over the incendiary remark.
Prior to her stints as Home Secretary, Braverman served as attorney general for England and Wales, and chair of the European Research Group of backbench Tory MPs.
She became a Member of Parliament for Fareham in 2015.
Who is Rael Braverman?
Rael Braverman is Suella Braverman’s husband.
He is thought to have been born in April 1975 in the UK and works as a manager at Mercedes.
When did Suella and Rael Braverman get married?
Rael proposed to Suella back in October 2017 while they were enjoying a holiday in Cyprus.
The pair then tied the knot at the House of Commons in February 2018 after three years of dating.
According to Portsmouth News they followed their wedding with a celebration at a Holiday Inn in Titchfield, Hampshire.
More than 100 people went to their reception including family, close friends as well as fellow politicians.
Suella and Rael were introduced to each other by mutual friends.
Rael has said of their first date: “We met through some mutual friends, and then she invited me for a day in parliament.
“As far as first dates go it was certainly an unusual one, but I’ve always been interested in politics so I went along with it.
“I thoroughly enjoyed it and we agreed to meet up again.
“We had our first ‘proper’ date a few weeks later and it all took off from there.”
Suella has said in the past that her husband is her biggest supporter and that he helped her during the Brexit campaign and also dropped leaflets during the 2017 general election.
She said: “Rael has just been so supportive of me in Fareham – I think the day I realised he was the one when he came out delivering leaflets for the election in the pouring rain.”
The couple live together with their children in Locks Heath.
Do Suella and Rael Braverman have any children?
Suella and Rael are parents to two children.
Their first baby, George, was born in 2019, a year after Suella and Rael got married.
He was then followed by a baby girl, Gabriella in 2021.
Suella was allowed to carry on her voting duties as an MP while she was on maternity leave.