Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific is a junior-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] to create the new office of Minister of State for Indo-Pacific.

United Kingdom
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific
since 9th July 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Reports toForeign Secretary
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe King
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation1943
First holderRichard Law

Responsibilities

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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

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Minister of State Term of office Political party P.M. F.Sec.
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
  Richard Law 25 September 1943 25 May 1945 Conservative Churchill Eden
  William Mabane 25 May 1945 26 July 1945 National Liberal
  Philip Noel-Baker 3 August 1945 4 October 1946 Labour Attlee Bevin
  Hector McNeil 4 October 1946 28 February 1950
  Kenneth Younger 28 February 1950 26 October 1951
Morrison
  Selwyn Lloyd 30 October 1951 18 October 1954 Conservative Churchill Eden
  The Marquess of Reading 11 November 1953 9 January 1957 Churchill (1953–1955)
Eden (1955–1957)
Eden (1953–1955)
Macmillan (1955)
Lloyd (1955–1959)
  Anthony Nutting 18 October 1954 3 November 1956
  Allan Noble 9 November 1956 16 January 1959 Eden Lloyd
  David Ormsby-Gore 16 January 1957 27 June 1961 Macmillan
  John Profumo 16 January 1959 27 July 1960
  Joseph Godber 27 June 1961 27 June 1963 Douglas-Home
  The Earl of Dundee 9 October 1961 16 October 1964
Douglas-Home Butler
  Peter Thomas 27 June 1963 16 October 1964
  George Thomson 16 October 1964 31 March 1966 Labour Wilson Gordon Walker (1964–1965)
Stewart (1965–1966)
Brown (1965–1968)
  The Lord Caradon 16 October 1964 17 October 1968
  Walter Padley 19 October 1964 7 January 1967
  The Lord Chalfont 23 October 1964 17 October 1968
  Eirene White 31 March 1966 7 January 1967 Brown (1966–1968)
Stewart (1968)
  George Thomson 7 January 1967 29 August 1967
  Fred Mulley 7 January 1967 17 October 1968
  Goronwy Roberts 29 August 1967 17 October 1968
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  Hugh Foot 17 October 1968 19 June 1970 Labour Wilson Stewart
  The Lord Chalfont 17 October 1968 19 June 1970
  Fred Mulley 17 October 1968 13 October 1969
  Goronwy Roberts 17 October 1968 13 October 1969
  The Lord Shepherd 17 October 1968 19 June 1970
  Joseph Godber 19 June 1970 9 April 1972 Conservative Heath Douglas-Home
  Priscilla Buchan 9 April 1972 4 March 1974
  Julian Amery 9 April 1972 4 March 1974
  Lord Balniel 9 April 1972 4 March 1974
  David Ennals 7 March 1974 10 September 1976 Labour Wilson Callaghan
  Roy Hattersley 7 March 1974 10 September 1976
  The Lord Goronwy-Roberts 4 December 1975 4 May 1979
Callaghan
Crosland (1976–1977)
Owen (1977–1979)
  Ted Rowlands 10 September 1976 4 May 1979
  David Owen 10 September 1976 21 February 1977 Crosland
  Frank Judd 21 February 1977 4 May 1979 Owen
  Peter Blaker 4 May 1979 14 September 1981 Conservative Thatcher Peter Carington
  Nicholas Ridley 4 May 1979 14 September 1981
  Richard Luce 14 September 1981 5 April 1982
  Cranley Onslow 5 April 1982 13 June 1983 Pym
  The Lord Belstead 5 April 1982 13 June 1983
  Richard Luce 13 June 1983 2 September 1985 Howe
  The Baroness Young 13 June 1983 13 June 1987
  Tim Renton 2 September 1985 13 June 1987
  David Mellor 13 June 1987 25 July 1988
  The Lord Glenarthur 13 June 1987 24 July 1989
  William Waldegrave 26 July 1988 2 November 1990
Major (1989)
Hurd (1989–1990)
  The Lord Brabazon of Tara 24 July 1989 14 July 1990
  The Earl of Caithness 14 July 1990 14 April 1992 Hurd
Major
  Douglas Hogg 2 November 1990 5 July 1995
  Alastair Goodlad 15 April 1992 5 July 1995
  Jeremy Hanley 5 July 1995 5 May 1997 Rifkind
  Nicholas Bonsor 5 July 1995 5 May 1997
  Tony Lloyd 5 May 1997 28 July 1999 Labour Blair Cook
  John Battle 28 July 1999 11 June 2001
Minister of State for the Middle East
  The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean 11 June 2001 5 May 2005 Labour Blair Straw
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  Kim Howells 11 May 2005 6 October 2008 Labour Blair
Brown
Beckett
Miliband
  Bill Rammell 6 October 2008 8 June 2009 Labour Brown Miliband
  Ivan Lewis 8 June 2009 11 May 2010
Minister of State for Europe and the Americas
  Jeremy Browne 13 May 2010 4 September 2012 Liberal Democrat Cameron Hague
  Hugo Swire 4 September 2012 15 July 2016 Conservative Cameron Hammond
  Alan Duncan 15 July 2016 22 July 2019 Conservative May Johnson
Hunt
  Chris Pincher 25 July 2019 13 February 2020 Johnson Raab
Minister of State for Indo-Pacific
  Anne-Marie Trevelyan 26 October 2022 5 July 2024 Conservative Sunak Cleverly
Cameron

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Europe and the Americas)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  2. ^ "Minister of State (Minister for the Pacific and the International Environment)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-10-07.