| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa | |
|---|---|
.svg) Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government | |
 IncumbentThe Lord Collins of Highbury since 9 July 2024 | |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | |
| Style | Minister |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | The King (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 28 July 1999 |
| Website | Official website |
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 previously merged with the Minister of State for Development. The incumbent is The Lord Collins of Highbury.
Responsibilities
The minister was responsible for the following:
- Africa (including North Africa)
- consular policy
- Parliament
- devolution
- communications
- Wilton Park and British Council
- departmental operations
- legal
List
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Length of Service | Political party | P.M. | F.Sec. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Hain MP for Neath |
|
28 July 1999 | 24 January 2001 | 1 year, 5 months and 27 days | Labour | Blair | Cook | ||
| Brian Wilson MP for Cunninghame North |
|
24 January 2001 | 11 June 2001 | 4 months and 18 days | |||||
| Office vacant 2001–2007 | |||||||||
| The Right Honourable Mark Malloch Brown The Lord Malloch-Brown |
|
28 June 2007 | 24 July 2009 | 2 years and 26 days | Labour | Brown | Miliband | ||
| The Right Honourable Glenys Kinnock The Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead |
|
13 October 2009 | 11 May 2010 | 6 months and 28 days | |||||
| Henry Bellingham MP for North West Norfolk |
|
11 May 2010 | 5 September 2012 | 6 months and 18 days | Conservative | Cameron | Hague | ||
| The Right Honourable Mark Simmonds MP for Boston and Skegness |
.jpg)
|
5 September 2012 | 11 August 2014 | 1 year, 7 months and 3 days | |||||
| James Duddridge MP for Rochford and Southend East |
|
11 August 2014 | 16 July 2016 | 11 months and 22 days | Hammond | ||||
| The Right Honourable Tobias Ellwood MP for Bournemouth East |
.jpg)
|
16 July 2016 | 13 June 2017 | 10 months and 28 days | May | Johnson | |||
| The Right Honourable Rory Stewart MP for Penrith and The Border |
|
15 June 2017 | 9 January 2018 | 6 months and 25 days | |||||
| Harriett Baldwin MP for West Worcestershire |
|
9 January 2018 | 25 July 2019 | 1 year, 6 months and 16 days | Hunt | ||||
| The Right Honourable Andrew Stephenson MP for Pendle |
|
25 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | 6 months and 18 days | Johnson | Raab | |||
| James Duddridge MP for Rochford and Southend East |
|
13 February 2020 | 16 September 2021 | 1 year, 7 months and 3 days | |||||
| The Right Honourable Vicky Ford MP for Chelmsford |
|
16 September 2021 | 6 September 2022 | 11 months and 22 days | Truss | ||||
| The Right Honourable Gillian Keegan MP for Chichester |
|
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 | |||||||||
| The Right Honourable Ray Collins The Lord Collins of Highbury |
|
9 July 2024 | Incumbent | 5 months and 12 days | Labour | Starmer | Lammy | ||
* Incumbent's length of term last updated: 21 December 2024.
See also
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Minister of State for Europe
- Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
- Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa
- Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
References
- "Minister of State (Development and Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
- "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
