Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean is a junior position in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the British government. The post is currently held by Vicky Ford MP.

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean
Incumbent
Vicky Ford

since 16 September 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
WebsiteOfficial website

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for the following:[1]

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • economic development
  • oversight of international financial institutions
  • CDC (UK government's development finance institution)
  • research and evidence
  • medical procurement
  • wider supply chains

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 2001–07
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 2 years, 3 months and 25 days Conservative Cameron Hague
5 September 2012 11 August 2014
Hammond
11 August 2014 16 July 2016
16 July 2016 13 June 2017 May Johnson
15 June 2017 9 January 2018
9 January 2018 25 July 2019
Hunt
25 July 2019 13 February 2020 Johnson Raab
13 February 2020 16 September 2021
16 September 2021 Incumbent Truss

See also

References

  1. "Responsibilities". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.