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British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks at a meeting, gesturing with her hands, seated at a table with a microphone in an ornate room.
Yvette Cooper A longtime leader in the Labour Party, Yvette Cooper has been both home secretary and foreign secretary in the British government. In her current role as foreign secretary, she interacts with the likes of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelensky.

Yvette Cooper

British politician
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Yvette Cooper is a British politician and lifelong member of the Labour Party. One of the highest-ranking women in the party, she has served in a number of prominent rolesā€”including chief secretary to the treasury, secretary of state for work and pensions, shadow home secretary, and secretary of state for the home departmentā€”since first being elected to Parliament in 1997. On September 5, 2025, she was appointed secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth, and development affairs....

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