Kemi Badenoch

Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch ( ; "née" Adegoke; born 1980) is a British politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden since 2017. She is a member of the Conservative Party. She is the Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade since September 2022. She is also the Minister for Women and Equalities since October 2022.
She has served in Boris Johnson's second government as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities at the Government Equalities Office from 2020 to 2022.
Badenoch was born in Wimbledon, London. Her parents are of Nigerian origin. Her childhood was spent in part in the Nigerian capital Lagos and the United States. She returned to the United Kingdom at the age of 16. She is married to Hamish Badenoch. The couple have three children.
In July 2022, Badenoch announced her candidacy for Leader of the Conservative Party in the 2022 leadership election. She was eliminated in the fourth round of voting on 19 July 2022.