from punjab to east africa and then to the uk born in the uk he was the first indianorigin head boy at winchester college and is an oxford graduate he was a fulbright scholar at stanford university in the us where he met his wife akshata murthy who he married in bengaluru and with whom he has two daughters he has been a conservative mp for richmond in yorkshire since 2015the uks first gujarati woman mp priti patel 47 made history last july when she became the first indianorigin mp to hold one of the great offices of state as home secretary she was born in the uk to indian parents who left uganda shortly before idi amin expelled the asian communityindian diplomatic sources told toi that she was scheduled to visit india including gujarat next week to get the ball rolling on postbrexit trade talks the home office has not confirmed the tripagraborn alok sharma previously secretary of state for international development replaces former conservative leadership candidate andrea leadsom who was on thursday sacked as business secretary sharma an exbanker was also appointed minister for cop26 the uns next big climate summit to take place in glasgow in november the previous president of the climate summit was sacked two weeks agoexbarrister pio suella braverman appointed as attorney general will oversee the crown prosecution service her parents immigrated to britain in the 1960s from kenya and mauritius she grew up in wembley and studied law at cambridge as a backbencher she was head of the european research group an influential group of conservative mps that campaigned for the uk to leave the eualok sharma has been building links with commonwealth countries and is seen as much more of a business person than anyone else the uk plans to increase trade with commonwealth countries after brexit and alok has been working with companies developing climate change solutions and technology the source added