Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa

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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa
Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Official portrait of Lord Collins of Highbury, 2025.jpg
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
Formation28 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. [1] The incumbent is The Lord Collins of Highbury. [2]

Contents

Responsibilities

The minister was responsible for the following: [3]

List

NamePortraitTerm of officeLength of ServicePolitical party P.M. F.Sec.
Peter Hain
MP for Neath
Official portrait of Lord Hain crop 2, 2019.jpg 28 July 199924 January 20011 year, 5 months and 27 days Labour Blair Cook
No image.svg 24 January 200111 June 20014 months and 18 days
Office vacant 2001–2007
Lord Malloch Brown 2.jpg 28 June 200724 July 20092 years and 26 days Labour Brown Miliband
Baroness Kinnock.jpg 13 October 200911 May 20106 months and 28 days
Official portrait of Sir Henry Bellingham crop 2.jpg 11 May 20105 September 20126 months and 18 days Conservative Cameron Hague
Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds meeting the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in London, 3 March 2014 (Simmonds cropped).jpg 5 September 201211 August 20141 year, 7 months and 3 days
Official portrait of James Duddridge MP crop 2.jpg 11 August 201416 July 201611 months and 22 days Hammond
Official portrait of Tobias Ellwood, 2022 (cropped).jpg 16 July 201613 June 201710 months and 28 days May Johnson
Official portrait of Rory Stewart crop 2.jpg 15 June 20179 January 20186 months and 25 days
Official portrait of Harriett Baldwin MP crop 2.jpg 9 January 201825 July 20191 year, 6 months and 16 days Hunt
Official portrait of Andrew Stephenson MP crop 2.jpg 25 July 201913 February 20206 months and 18 days Johnson Raab
Official portrait of James Duddridge MP crop 2.jpg 13 February 202016 September 20211 year, 7 months and 3 days
Official portrait of Vicky Ford MP crop 2.jpg 16 September 20216 September 202211 months and 22 days Truss
Official portrait of Gillian Keegan MP crop 2.jpg 7 September 202225 October 20221 month and 18 days Truss Cleverly
Office merged with Minister of State for Development and became Minister of State for Development and Africa
Official portrait of Lord Collins of Highbury crop 2, 2025.jpg 9 July 2024Incumbent8 months and 2 days Labour Starmer Lammy

* Incumbent's length of term last updated: 11 March 2025.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Minister of State (Development and Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  2. ↑ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  3. ↑ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
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