Minister of State for Defence

Minister of State for Defence
Minister of State for Defence
	Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
	Incumbent; The Baroness Goldie; since 26 July 2019
	Ministry of Defence
Style	Minister
Nominator	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer	The Monarch; on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
First holder	The Lord Drayson
Website	Official website

The Minister of State for Defence is a mid-level position in the Ministry of Defence in the British government. It is currently held by Baroness Goldie, who took the office on 26 July 2019.[1]

Responsibilities

The minister has the following ministerial responsibilities:[2]

Indo-Asia Pacific
Europe (multinational)
Devolution and Levelling Up
Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation
Health & Safety including Defence Safety Authority
Climate Change and Sustainability
Defence Transformation
UK Hydrographic Office
National Shipbuilding Strategy
Security and Resilience
Export licensing
Shipwrecks, Museums, Heritage and Ceremonial duties
Honours, Awards and Medallic recognition
Ministry of Defence Police
Defence Medical Services
Defence Fire and Rescue Service

List

	Entered office	Left office	Length of term	Political party	Ministry	Position
Paul Drayson The Lord Drayson[3]	9 June 2009	6 May 2010	10 months and 27 days	Labour	Brown	Minister of State for Strategic Defence Acquisition Reform
John Astor The Lord Astor of Hever[4]	28 May 2010	7 May 2015	4 years, 11 months and 9 days	Conservative	Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State For Defence
Frederick Curzon The Earl Howe[5]	11 May 2015	26 July 2019	4 years, 2 months and 15 days	Conservative	Cameron II	Minister of State for Defence
					May I
					May II
Annabel Goldie The Baroness Goldie[6]	26 July 2019	Incumbent	4 years, 2 months and 29 days*	Conservative	Johnson I	Minister of State for Defence
					Johnson II
					Truss ministry
					Sunak ministry

* Incumbent's length of term last updated: 25 October 2023.

References

"Ministry of Defence". GOV.uk. UK Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
"Minister of State - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2020. Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
"Lord Drayson". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
"Lord Astor of Hever". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
"Earl Howe". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
"Baroness Goldie". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "Ministry of Defence". GOV.uk. UK Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

[2] "Minister of State - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2020. Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.

[3] "Lord Drayson". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

[4] "Lord Astor of Hever". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

[5] "Earl Howe". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

[6] "Baroness Goldie". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 October 2021.