Who is Dominic Raab?

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has resigned, pursuing an probe into claims of alleged bullying.

Mr Raab, who was besides the justness secretary, had ever denied the allegations insisting helium "behaved professionally astatine each times", but said helium would resign if bullying allegations were upheld.

He has done that, but successful his resignation missive to Rishi Sunak, Mr Raab besides deed back.

He said ministers needed to beryllium capable to springiness nonstop captious feedback, and workout nonstop oversight, implicit their civilian servant officials.

He apologised for immoderate "unintended" accent caused, but referred to the "pace, standards and challenge" helium brought to the Ministry of Justice.

We inactive don't person the study from elder lawyer Adam Tolley KC, who has been investigating the claims, but Mr Raab's missive besides refers to "number of improprieties that came to airy during the people of this inquiry", citing the leaking of what helium calls "skewed and fabricated claims to the media".

Mr Raab, who has been successful and retired of authorities since 2015, is nary alien to controversy, having deed the headlines for his statements connected topics arsenic divers arsenic poorness and "taking the knee".

He adjacent discontinue the furniture before, implicit erstwhile Prime Minister Theresa May's policies connected Brexit.

Date of birth: 25 February 1974 (age 49)

Job: Justice secretary, lawman premier minister, lord chancellor, Conservative MP for Esher and Walton

Education: Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham, Oxford and Cambridge universities

Family: Married to Erika Ray, a Brazilian selling executive, with 2 sons

Before politics: Foreign Office lawyer. He was the pb connected a squad focusing connected bringing warfare criminals to justness astatine The Hague

Mr Raab was calved successful 1974, the lad of a Czech-born Jewish exile who fled the Nazis successful 1938.

He was brought up successful Buckinghamshire and attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School successful Amersham, earlier studying instrumentality astatine Oxford University and switching to Cambridge for his masters degree.

He worked arsenic a lawyer successful the commercialized assemblage and the Foreign Office earlier entering authorities successful 2006 arsenic an adjutant to Brexit-supporting Conservative MP David Davis, and past Remain-backing Dominic Grieve.

First elected to Parliament successful 2010, the pursuing twelvemonth Mr Raab angered then-Home Secretary Theresa May by describing immoderate feminists arsenic "obnoxious bigots" successful an online nonfiction besides claiming men were getting "a earthy deal".

Mrs May accused him of fuelling "gender warfare".

Mr Raab remained connected the backmost benches for 5 years aft becoming an MP.

But the karate black-belt became a inferior justness curate pursuing David Cameron's wide predetermination triumph successful 2015.

He played a salient relation successful the palmy Leave run successful the 2016 EU referendum, but was sacked by Mrs May erstwhile she took implicit arsenic premier minister.

In 2017, Mr Raab was branded "offensive" by then-Liberal Democrat person Tim Farron aft saying "the emblematic idiosyncratic of a nutrient slope is not idiosyncratic that's languishing successful poverty; it's idiosyncratic who has a currency travel problem".

But successful June that twelvemonth helium returned to government, arsenic a justness minister, this clip middle-ranking alternatively than junior.

In Mrs May's January 2018 reshuffle helium became lodging curate - 1 of the highest-profile non-cabinet roles successful government.

And successful July that year, erstwhile David Davis quit, the premier curate promoted Mr Raab to Brexit secretary, a furniture post.

Yet his improved narration with Mrs May did not past long. In November 2018, helium quit, arguing that helium could not "in bully conscience" enactment the "backstop" statement designed to debar a hard borderline betwixt the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland.

As an influential Brexiteer, his comments were seen arsenic important successful expanding absorption to Mrs May's withdrawal statement with the EU, which MPs repeatedly rejected.

After Mrs May announced she was lasting down, Mr Raab entered the contention to go Conservative leader, and premier minister.

In a crowded field, helium failed to get the 33 MPs' votes helium needed to advancement to the 3rd round. Fellow Brexiteers Boris Johnson and Michael Gove outlasted him.

Mr Johnson, to whom Mr Raab gave his support aft his elimination from the race, promoted him to overseas caput and archetypal caput of authorities - efficaciously lawman premier minister.

But helium lone narrowly managed to clasp connected to his Esher and Walton spot astatine the 2019 wide election, seeing disconnected a beardown Liberal Democrat situation by 2,743 votes.

The wide Conservative landslide, however, connected a committedness to "get Brexit done", meant helium saw his imagination of leaving the EU travel existent connected 31 January 2020.

As overseas caput and archetypal caput of state, helium was the UK government's de-facto second-in-command.

He was near successful complaint of moving overmuch of the authorities erstwhile the premier curate was hospitalised with Covid-19 successful April 2020.

Colleagues, including Mr Johnson's arch-critic and erstwhile adjutant Dominic Cummings, person praised Mr Raab's show nether utmost pressure.

But helium has continued to choler opponents with immoderate of his comments, successful 2020 telling talkRadio's Julia Hartley-Brewer helium would lone "take the knee" - spell down connected bended genu - for "the Queen and the Mrs erstwhile I asked her to wed me".

He aboriginal qualified his remarks - pursuing absorption disapproval of his "insulting" and "flippant" code - saying helium "fully" supports the Black Lives Matter campaign.

As overseas secretary, Mr Raab was heavy criticised for his handling of the aftermath of the autumn of Afghanistan, specifically for remaining connected vacation successful Crete portion the Taliban marched backmost to power.

He insisted he'd been crossed the item and successful interaction with the cardinal players.

Downing Street stood by the minister, nevertheless helium was aboriginal demoted to the relation of justness secretary, which though inactive a furniture presumption is not arsenic prestigious arsenic overseas secretary.

Mr Raab stayed publically loyal to Mr Johnson, being 1 of the fewer ministers not to resign during the last chaotic week of his premiership.

In the enactment contention that followed, helium enthusiastically threw his backing down Rishi Sunak - and successful August fiercely attacked the rival campaigner Liz Truss, calling her economical plans "electoral suicide".

That broadside wasn't forgotten by Ms Truss's squad and Mr Raab was not included successful her furniture erstwhile she became premier minister.

However, Ms Truss was soon gone and Mr Raab returned to authorities successful the acquainted roles of justness caput and lawman premier minister.

As Mr Sunak's deputy, helium stood successful for his brag astatine Prime Minister's Question other Angela Rayner, the Labour deputy. Their exchanges crossed the despatch container were often fiery.