Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (United Kingdom)

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Minister of State for Indo-Pacific
Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Reports to Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Nominator Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer The King
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation 1943
First holder Richard Law

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs is a mid-level ministerial position in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of His Majesty's Government. The office was known as Minister of State for Europe and the Americas from 2010 to 2020.[1] It was most recently merged into the office of Minister of State for the Pacific and the International Environment.[2]

Responsibilities

The Minister’s responsibilities include:

  • China and Northeast Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands
  • Indian Ocean
  • Economic security (including export controls)
  • Sanctions
  • Economics and evaluation (including the Chief Economist)
  • Regulatory and economic diplomacy
  • Technology and analysis

List of ministers

Minister of State Term of office Political party P.M. F.Sec.
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
60px Richard Law 25 September 1943 25 May 1945 Conservative Churchill Eden
60px William Mabane 25 May 1945 26 July 1945 National Liberal
Philip Noel-Baker Anefo.jpg Philip Noel-Baker 3 August 1945 4 October 1946 Labour Attlee Bevin
No image.svg Hector McNeil 4 October 1946 28 February 1950
No image.svg Kenneth Younger 28 February 1950 26 October 1951
Morrison
60px Selwyn Lloyd 30 October 1951 18 October 1954 Conservative Churchill Eden
Gerald Isaacs.jpg The Marquess of Reading 11 November 1953 9 January 1957 Churchill (1953–1955)
Eden (1955–1957)		 Eden (1953–1955)
Macmillan (1955)
Lloyd (1955–1959)
No image.svg Anthony Nutting 18 October 1954 3 November 1956
No image.svg Allan Noble 9 November 1956 16 January 1959 Eden Lloyd
60px David Ormsby-Gore 16 January 1957 27 June 1961 Macmillan
60px John Profumo 16 January 1959 27 July 1960
No image.svg Joseph Godber 27 June 1961 27 June 1963 Douglas-Home
60px The Earl of Dundee 9 October 1961 16 October 1964
Douglas-Home Butler
No image.svg Peter Thomas 27 June 1963 16 October 1964
No image.svg George Thomson 16 October 1964 31 March 1966 Labour Wilson Gordon Walker (1964–1965)
Stewart (1965–1966)
Brown (1965–1968)
No image.svg The Lord Caradon 16 October 1964 17 October 1968
No image.svg Walter Padley 19 October 1964 7 January 1967
60px The Lord Chalfont 23 October 1964 17 October 1968
No image.svg Eirene White 31 March 1966 7 January 1967 Brown (1966–1968)
Stewart (1968)
No image.svg George Thomson 7 January 1967 29 August 1967
Fred Mulley.PNG Fred Mulley 7 January 1967 17 October 1968
60px Goronwy Roberts 29 August 1967 17 October 1968
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
No image.svg Hugh Foot 17 October 1968 19 June 1970 Labour Wilson Stewart
60px The Lord Chalfont 17 October 1968 19 June 1970
Fred Mulley.PNG Fred Mulley 17 October 1968 13 October 1969
60px Goronwy Roberts 17 October 1968 13 October 1969
No image.svg The Lord Shepherd 17 October 1968 19 June 1970
No image.svg Joseph Godber 19 June 1970 9 April 1972 Conservative Heath Douglas-Home
No image.svg Priscilla Buchan 9 April 1972 4 March 1974
60px Julian Amery 9 April 1972 4 March 1974
No image.svg Lord Balniel 9 April 1972 4 March 1974
60px David Ennals 7 March 1974 10 September 1976 Labour Wilson Callaghan
60px Roy Hattersley 7 March 1974 10 September 1976
60px The Lord Goronwy-Roberts 4 December 1975 4 May 1979
Callaghan
Crosland (1976–1977)
Owen (1977–1979)
No image.svg Ted Rowlands 10 September 1976 4 May 1979
60px David Owen 10 September 1976 21 February 1977 Crosland
60px Frank Judd 21 February 1977 4 May 1979 Owen
No image.svg Peter Blaker 4 May 1979 14 September 1981 Conservative Thatcher Peter Carington
No image.svg Nicholas Ridley 4 May 1979 14 September 1981
60px Richard Luce 14 September 1981 5 April 1982
No image.svg Cranley Onslow 5 April 1982 13 June 1983 Pym
No image.svg The Lord Belstead 5 April 1982 13 June 1983
60px Richard Luce 13 June 1983 2 September 1985 Howe
No image.svg The Baroness Young 13 June 1983 13 June 1987
No image.svg Tim Renton 2 September 1985 13 June 1987
No image.svg David Mellor 13 June 1987 25 July 1988
60px The Lord Glenarthur 13 June 1987 24 July 1989
60px William Waldegrave 26 July 1988 2 November 1990
Major (1989)
Hurd (1989–1990)
60px The Lord Brabazon of Tara 24 July 1989 14 July 1990
60px The Earl of Caithness 14 July 1990 14 April 1992 Hurd
Major
DouglasHogg 20040917.jpg Douglas Hogg 2 November 1990 5 July 1995
60px Alastair Goodlad 15 April 1992 5 July 1995
No image.svg Jeremy Hanley 5 July 1995 5 May 1997 Rifkind
No image.svg Nicholas Bonsor 5 July 1995 5 May 1997
60px Tony Lloyd 5 May 1997 28 July 1999 Labour Blair Cook
60px John Battle 28 July 1999 11 June 2001
Minister of State for the Middle East
60px The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean 11 June 2001 5 May 2005 Labour Blair Straw
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
60px Kim Howells 11 May 2005 6 October 2008 Labour Blair
Brown		 Beckett
Miliband
Bill Rammell.jpg Bill Rammell 6 October 2008 8 June 2009 Labour Brown Miliband
60px Ivan Lewis 8 June 2009 11 May 2010
Minister of State for Europe and the Americas
60px Jeremy Browne 13 May 2010 4 September 2012 Liberal Democrat Cameron Hague
60px Hugo Swire 4 September 2012 15 July 2016 Conservative Cameron Hammond
60px Alan Duncan 15 July 2016 22 July 2019 Conservative May Johnson
Hunt
60px Chris Pincher 25 July 2019 13 February 2020 Johnson Raab
Minister of State for Indo-Pacific
60px Anne-Marie Trevelyan 26 October 2022 Incumbent Conservative Sunak Cleverly

See also

References

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