Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America
The Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America, previously titled the Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa, was a ministerial office in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the British government.[1]
| Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America | |
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Incumbent Vacant since 8 February 2022 | |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | |
| Style | Minister |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Website | Official website |
It was last held by James Cleverly MP from 13 February 2020 to 8 February 2022.[2] In December 2021, the post adopted responsibility for North America and became the deputy to the Foreign Secretary.[3] The office was merged into the Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East in February 2022.[4]
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for the following:[5]
- Middle East and North Africa
- conflict, humanitarian issues, human security
- CHASE (Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department)
- Stabilisation Unit
- defence and international security
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Council of Europe
- Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF)
- safeguarding
List
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | P.M. | F.Sec. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alistair Burt |  |
13 May 2010 | 7 October 2013 | Conservative | Cameron | Hague | ||
| Hugh Robertson |  |
7 October 2013 | 14 July 2014 | |||||
| Tobias Ellwood |  |
15 July 2014 | 13 June 2017 | Hammond | ||||
| May | Johnson | |||||||
| Alistair Burt | |
13 June 2017 | 25 March 2019 | |||||
| Hunt | ||||||||
| Andrew Murrison Minister of State for International Development and the Middle East |
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9 May 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Johnson | Raab | |||
| James Cleverly Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America |
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13 February 2020 | 8 February 2022 | |||||
| Office vacant since 8 February 2022 with responsibilities transferred to Amanda Milling as Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East | ||||||||
See also
References
- "Minister of State (Minister for Middle East, North Africa and North America) - GOV.UK".
- "Minister of State (Minister for Middle East and North Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
- "Minister of State (Minister for Middle East, North Africa and North America) - GOV.UK".
- "The Rt Hon Amanda Milling MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- "Minister of State (Minister for Middle East and North Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
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