07 May 2024,   21:02
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The new British Prime Minister Liz Truss selected a cabinet

The new British Prime Minister Liz Truss selected a cabinet where, for the first time, a white man will not hold one of the country’s 4 most important ministerial positions, writes France24.

Truss appointed Kwasi Kwarteng – whose parents came from Ghana in the 1960s – as Britain’s first Black finance minister while James Cleverly is the first Black foreign minister.

Cleverly, whose mother hails from Sierra Leone and whose father is white, has in the past spoken about being bullied as a mixed-race child and has said the party needs to do more to attract Black voters.

Suella Braverman, whose parents came to Britain from Kenya and Mauritius 6 decades ago, succeeds Priti Patel as the second ethnic minority home secretary, or interior minister, where she will be responsible for police and immigration.

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