Claire Coutinho joins UK cabinet as youngest minister, Know about her background, education, politics, reality TV show

Claire Coutinho became the youngest minister in the UK government when she joined it as the new secretary for energy security and net zero, replacing Grant Shapps. It is a huge opportunity for the young woman who was elected from East Surrey in December 2019. With this decision of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Coutinho has become a major figure in Conservative politics at a much younger age and with less experience. She is the only MP to be made minister from the lot that was elected to the Parliament in 2019.

Claire Coutinho was elected MP in 2019

Before getting elected to the House of Commons, the 38-year-old politician was an advisor to Rishi Sunak, who was the chief secretary to the Treasury. When Sunak became Chancellor, Coutinho became his parliamentary aide. She was very close to Suank and made all the major moves when he contested the party election for the coveted office of the prime minister.

Claire Coutinho: Immigrant's daughter

Claire Coutinho was born in London in 1985, but her parents came from India and worked in the UK as doctors. She went to James Allen's Girls' School in East Dulwich before joining Exeter College, Oxford University, where she studied mathematics and philosophy.

Claire Coutinho backs Brexit

After graduating from the university, Coutinho worked for the investment bank Merrill Lynch. Later she joined influential right-leaning think tank the Centre for Social Justice. Claire Coutinho worked for a not-for-profit organisation Housing and Finance Institute.
She contested the election from the Conservative stronghold of East Surrey, where the previous Tory MP Sam Gyimah had defected to join the Liberal Democrats. She supported the Brexit referendum of 2016 and fought the turbulent Parliamentary election of 2019.

Claire Coutinho appears in TV show

Besides politics, Coutinho tried her hands at culinary art and appeared in the cooking reality show ‘The Taste’ as a contestant. , Nigella Lawson and Anthony Bourdain judged the participant's dishes in the Channel 4 programme.

FAQs:

Q1. Where did Claire Coutinho graduate?
A1. Born in 1985 in London to immigrant parents, Claire Coutinho attended James Allen's Girls' School in East Dulwich and went to Exeter College, Oxford University. She studied mathematics and philosophy at the university before joining investment banker Merril Lynch.

Q2. When did Claire Coutinho appear in a television reality show?
A2. Claire Coutinho appeared in the cooking reality show The Taste as a contestant. Nigella Lawson and Anthony Bourdain judged her dishes.