Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa | |
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since 9 July 2024 | |
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 is a junior position in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the British government. The office was previously merged with the Minister of State for Development.[1] The incumbent is The Lord Collins of Highbury.[2]
Responsibilities
[edit]The minister was responsible for the following:[3]
- Africa (including North Africa)
- consular policy
- Parliament
- devolution
- communications
- Wilton Park and British Council
- departmental operations
- legal
List
[edit]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 | |||||||||
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9 July 2024 | Incumbent | 1 month and 10 days | Labour | Starmer | Lammy |
* Incumbent's length of term last updated: 19 August 2024.
See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Minister of State (Development and Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
- ^ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-27.