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Junior position in the: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the——British government
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa | |
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | |
Style | Minister |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | The King (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Formation | 28 July 1999 |
Website | Official website |
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa was a junior position in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the British government. The office was merged with the Minister of State for Development.
Responsibilities※
The minister was responsible for the following:
- Africa (including North Africa)
- consular policy
- Parliament
- devolution
- communications
- Wilton Park and British Council
- departmental operations
- legal
List※
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Length of Service | Political party | P.M. | F.Sec. | |||
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28 July 1999 | 24 January 2001 | 1 year, 5 months and 27 days | Labour | Blair | Cook | |||
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24 January 2001 | 11 June 2001 | 4 months and 18 days | ||||||
Office vacant 2001–2007 | |||||||||
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28 June 2007 | 24 July 2009 | 2 years and 26 days | Labour | Brown | Miliband | |||
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13 October 2009 | 11 May 2010 | 6 months and 28 days | ||||||
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11 May 2010 | 5 September 2012 | 6 months and 18 days | Conservative | Cameron | Hague | |||
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5 September 2012 | 11 August 2014 | 1 year, 7 months and 3 days | ||||||
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11 August 2014 | 16 July 2016 | 11 months and 22 days | Hammond | |||||
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16 July 2016 | 13 June 2017 | 10 months and 28 days | May | Johnson | ||||
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15 June 2017 | 9 January 2018 | 6 months and 25 days | ||||||
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9 January 2018 | 25 July 2019 | 1 year, 6 months and 16 days | Hunt | |||||
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25 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | 6 months and 18 days | Johnson | Raab | ||||
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13 February 2020 | 16 September 2021 | 1 year, 7 months and 3 days | ||||||
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16 September 2021 | 6 September 2022 | 11 months and 22 days | Truss | |||||
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7 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | 1 month and 18 days | Truss | Cleverly | ||||
Office merged with Minister of State for Development and became Minister of State for Development and Africa |
* Incumbent's length of term last updated: 9 July 2024.
See also※
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Minister of State for Europe
- Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
- Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa
- Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
References※
- ^ "Minister of State (Development and Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-27.