Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa

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 merged with the Minister of State for Development.[1]

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerThe King
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
WebsiteOfficial website

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for the following:[2]

List

Name PortraitTerm of office Length of Service Political party P.M. F.Sec.
28 July 1999 24 January 2001 1 year, 5 months and 27 days Labour Blair Cook
24 January 2001 11 June 2001 4 months and 18 days
Office vacant 2001–2007
28 June 2007 24 July 2009 2 years and 26 days Labour Brown Miliband
13 October 2009 11 May 2010 6 months and 28 days
11 May 2010 5 September 2012 6 months and 18 days Conservative Cameron Hague
5 September 2012 11 August 2014 1 year, 7 months and 3 days
11 August 2014 16 July 2016 11 months and 22 days Hammond
16 July 2016 13 June 2017 10 months and 28 days May Johnson
15 June 2017 9 January 2018 6 months and 25 days
9 January 2018 25 July 2019 1 year, 6 months and 16 days Hunt
25 July 2019 13 February 2020 6 months and 18 days Johnson Raab
13 February 2020 16 September 2021 1 year, 7 months and 3 days
16 September 2021 6 September 2022 11 months and 22 days Truss
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: 25 October 2023.

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