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Birth Name: Sue-Ellen Cassiana Fernandes
Place of Birth: Brent, Middlesex, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 3 April, 1980
Ethnicity: * father – Konkani [Goan] * mother – Tamil
Suella Braverman is a British politician and barrister. She has been Reform UK Spokesperson for Education, Skills and Equality, since 17 February, 2026. She has also been Deputy Chair of the European Research Group, from 20 November, 2016 to 19 June, 2017, Chair of the European Research Group, from 19 June, 2017 to 9 January, 2018, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, from 9 January, 2018 to 15 November, 2018, Attorney General for England and Wales/Advocate General for Northern Ireland, from 13 February, 2020 to 2 March, 2021, and again, from 10 September, 2021 to 6 September, 2022; Minister on Leave, from 2 March, 2021 to 10 September, 2021; and Home Secretary, from 6 September, 2022 to 19 October, 2022, and again, from 25 October, 2022 to 13 November, 2023; as well as, a Member of Parliament for Fareham/Fareham and Waterlooville, since 7 May, 2015. She was a member of the Conservative Party until 2026, when she joined Reform UK.
She is the daughter of Uma (Mootien-Pillay), a nurse and councillor, and Christie Fernandes, who worked for a housing association. Her father was from Kenya, and is of Goan Christian descent. Her mother was from Mauritania, and is of Hindu Tamil descent. They moved to England in the 1960s. Her uncle, Mahen Kundasamy, was Mauritian High commissioner to the U.K. Suella was raised in Wembley. She lived in Paris, France, for two years.
Suella is a member of the Triratna Buddhist Community. She is married to Rael Braverman, a manager of the Mercedes-Benz Group; with whom she has two children. Rael was raised in South Africa, and has lived in Israel; he is Jewish, and also has English Jewish ancestors.
Suella’s paternal grandfather was Roque Claudio Malaquias Fernandes (the son of Sr. Sant’Ana Avelino Fernandes and Ludovina Graciana Estrócio). Sr. Sant’Ana was the son of Sr. Roque Fernandes, and of a mother surnamed de Sousa. Ludovina was the daughter of Sr. Miguel Caetano Estrócio, and of a mother surnamed Fernandes.
Suella’s paternal grandmother was Cassiana Teotonia Exaltação Fernandes (the daughter of Sr. António Cancio Fernandes and Srª. Florinda Adelina Borges Afonso). Sr. António was the son of Sr. Inácio Salvador Fernandes and Srª. Joaquina Esperança Lobo. Srª. Florinda was the daughter of Sr. Irene Simão da Piedade Afonso and Srª. Matildes Piedade Soares.
Suella’s maternal grandfather was named Shri. Pandya Poolay Mootiem.
Suella’s maternal grandmother was surnamed Pillay.
Source: Genealogy of Suella Braverman – https://www.geni.com