Minister for Africa
Minister for Africa is a junior position in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the British government. It is currently held by James Duddridge MP who took the office on 13 February 2020.[1]
| Minister for Africa | |
|---|---|
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| 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 |
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for the following:[2]
- 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 | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | P.M. | F.Sec. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord Malloch-Brown |  |
28 June 2007 | 24 July 2009 | Labour | Brown | Miliband | ||
| The Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead |  |
13 October 2009 | 11 May 2010 | |||||
| Henry Bellingham |  |
11 May 2010 | 5 September 2012 | Conservative | Cameron | Hague | ||
| Mark Simmonds | .jpg.webp) |
5 September 2012 | 11 August 2014 | |||||
| Hammond | ||||||||
| James Duddridge |  |
11 August 2014 | 16 July 2016 | |||||
| Tobias Ellwood |  |
16 July 2016 | 13 June 2017 | May | Johnson | |||
| Rory Stewart |  |
15 June 2017 | 9 January 2018 | |||||
| Harriett Baldwin |  |
9 January 2018 | 25 July 2019 | |||||
| Hunt | ||||||||
| Andrew Stephenson |  |
25 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Johnson | Raab | |||
| James Duddridge | |
13 February 2020 | Incumbent | |||||
See also
References
- "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Africa)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- "Responsibilities". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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