Claire Coutinho gets promotion as new Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary

Claire Coutinho gets promotion as new Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary

• Claire Coutinho, a close aide of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, got a big promotion as his new Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary in a mini reshuffle yesterday. Ms Coutinho, 38, becomes the second Goan-origin minister after Home Secretary Suella Braverman in the Sunak Cabinet, and has a tough brief ahead of her as energy costs have been soaring in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

• The pro-Brexiter with a Master's degree in Maths and Philosophy from Oxford University, she was elected member of Parliament for East Surrey, south-east England, in 2019.

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Published date : 02 Sep 2023 11:18AM