Dominic Raab will use his skills as a lawyer bringing war criminals to justice as a junior minister at the Ministry of Justice while Philip Hammond stays on as foreign secretary.
David Cameron's reshuffle of the cabinet sees Mr Raab, reappointed last week as MP for the Esher and Walton constituency, take on the role of parliamentary under secretary of state at Ministry of Justice.
He will be working with a new justice secretary, former education secretary Michael Gove, who replaced Epsom & Ewell MP Chris Grayling in the reshuffle.
Mr Grayling famously claimed his lack of legal experience was "an advantage".
Election night: Dominic Raab wins Esher and Walton
Election night: Philip Hammond wins Runnymede and Weybridge
He has been MP for the area since 2010 and was re-elected last week with a majority of more than 28,000.
He was congratulated on the job by neighbouring MP Zac Goldsmith.
Top choice. Congrats Dominic. https://t.co/5X7HPBQnf5
— Zac Goldsmith (@ZacGoldsmith) May 12, 2015
The lawyer and author lives in Thames Ditton and previously worked in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and as chief of staff advising respective Shadow Home and Justice Secretaries in the House of Commons on crime, policing, immigration, counter-terrorism, human rights and constitutional reform.
He was involved in bringing war criminals - including Slobodan Milosevic, Radovan Karadzic and Charles Taylor - to justice.
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