Foreign Office ministerial roles

Tuesday, 18 February 2020 19:22

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs - The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for the work of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, with a particular focus on: Strategy Directorate national security intelligence honours Europe Minister of State for the Middle East...Request free trial

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs - The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP

The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for the work of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, with a particular focus on:

Strategy Directorate
national security
intelligence
honours
Europe

Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa - The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP

The Minister’s responsibilities include:

Middle East and North Africa
conflict, humanitarian issues, human security
CHASE (Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department)
Stabilisation Unit
defence and international security
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OCSE) and Council of Europe
Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF)
safeguarding

Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth - Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

The minister’s responsibilities include:

South Asia
Commonwealth
UN and multilateral
governance and democracy
open societies and anti-corruption
human rights, including Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI)
treaty policy and practice
sanctions

Minister of State for Asia - Nigel Adams MP

The minister’s responsibilities include:

East Asia and South East Asia
economic diplomacy
trade
Economics Unit
Prosperity Fund
soft power, including British Council, BBC World Service and scholarships
third-country agreements
consular

Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment - The Rt Hon Lord Zac Goldsmith

The minister’s responsibilities include:

climate change, environment and conservation, biodiversity
oceans
Oceania
Blue Belt

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Africa - James Duddridge MP

The minister’s responsibilities include:

Sub-Saharan Africa
economic development
international financial institutions
CDC (UK government’s development finance institution)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for European Neighbourhood and the Americas - Wendy Morton MP

The minister’s responsibilities include:

East and South-East Europe
Central Asia
Americas
health, global health security, neglected tropical diseases
water and sanitation
nutrition
Global Fund, GAVI (the Vaccine Alliance)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development - Baroness Sugg CBE

The minister’s responsibilities include:

Overseas Territories
children, education and youth (including girls’ education)
sexual and reproductive health and rights, women and girls, LGBT, civil society, inclusive societies, disability
global partnerships and Sustainable Development Goals departmental operations: finance and protocol