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Minister of State for Development
Senior ministerial position in the Government of the United Kingdom
Senior ministerial position in the Government of the United Kingdom
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | United Kingdom |
| Minister of State for International Development and Africa | |
| insignia | Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg |
| insigniacaption | Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government |
| department | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| style | |
| image | S465 BC official photo.jpg |
| incumbent | The Baroness Chapman of Darlington |
| incumbentsince | 28 February 2025 |
| status | Minister of the Crown |
| seat | Westminster |
| nominator | The Prime Minister |
| member_of | |
| appointer | The Monarch |
| appointer_qualified | (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| reports_to | Prime Minister |
| Foreign Secretary | |
| termlength | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| first | Barbara Castle |
| (as Minister of Overseas Development) | |
| formation | *18 October 1964: |
| (as Minister of Overseas Development) | |
| website |
Minister of State for International Development and Africa Foreign Secretary (as Minister of Overseas Development) (as Minister of Overseas Development)
- 25 October 2022: (as Minister of State for Development and Africa)
The minister of state for International Development and Africa, formerly the minister of state for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean and the secretary of state for international development, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom.
The officeholder headed the Department for International Development (DFID) as secretary of state from 1997 to 2020. The office formed part of the British Cabinet. The Department for International Development was abolished in September 2020, and Anne-Marie Trevelyan was the final holder of the post.
The post was made a ministerial position attending Cabinet in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in 2022. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow cabinet minister for international development.
History
A separate Ministry of Overseas Development was established by Harold Wilson when he came to office in 1964. The first three holders of the office served in the Cabinet, but from 29 August 1967 the office was demoted. Under Edward Heath, the Ministry was re-incorporated into the FCO on 15 October 1970. Wilson again established the Ministry in 1974, but later merged it into the FCO once again: from 10 June 1975 to 8 October 1979 the foreign secretary served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Minister for Overseas Development in the cabinet, while the minister for overseas development held the rank of Minister of State within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The minister of state had day-to-day responsibility. Under the Labour government of the 1970s, Reg Prentice sat in the Cabinet during his term. The post's last and main format was created in 1997 when the Department for International Development was made independent of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).
In June 2020, it was announced the Department for International Development would be dissolved, and its operations would be merged into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The process was completed by 2 September 2020, with the last international development secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan remaining in place until that time.
In 2022, the position was revised in the as a minister of state attending Cabinet during the Truss ministry. From 2022 to 2024 under the Sunak ministry, the position was combined with responsibility for Africa as the Minister of State for Development and Africa.
Responsibilities
The Minister's responsibilities include:
- international development
- Caribbean and Small Island Developing States
- soft power (including FCDO arms-length bodies British Council, BBC World Service and Wilton Park)
- devolution
List of ministers and secretaries of state
| Minister | Term of office | Party | Ministry | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| [[File:Barbara Castle, 1965 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Barbara Castle | 18 October 1964 | 23 December 1965 | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (I) (II) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Anthony Greenwood.jpg | 60px]] | Anthony Greenwood | 23 December 1965 | 11 August 1966 | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Arthur Bottomley MP.jpg | 60px]] | Arthur Bottomley | 11 August 1966 | 29 August 1967 | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reg Prentice | 29 August 1967 | 6 October 1969 | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Judith Hart | 6 October 1969 | 19 June 1970 | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Wood | 23 June 1970 | 15 October 1970 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Heath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Wood | 15 October 1970 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Heath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Judith Hart | 7 March 1974 | 10 June 1975 | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (III) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reg Prentice | 10 June 1975 | 21 December 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (resigned) | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Callaghan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Judd crop 2.jpg | 60px]] | Frank Judd | 21 December 1976 | 21 February 1977 | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Judith Hart | 21 February 1977 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Neil Marten | 6 May 1979 | 6 January 1983 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Thatcher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (I) (II) (III) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Timothy Raison | 6 January 1983 | 10 September 1986 | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Lord PLUMB - EP President meets with UK Minister Chris PATTEN at the European Parliament in Strasbourg (cropped).jpg | 79x79px]] | Chris Patten | 10 September 1986 | 24 July 1989 | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Madam Lynda Chalker & Richard Kasesela (cropped).JPG | 80x80px]] | Lynda Chalker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Baroness Chalker of Wallasey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from 1992* | 24 July 1989 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Major | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (I) (II) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Paris 2011 192 (5494065443) (cropped 2).jpg | 90x90px]] | Clare Short | 3 May 1997 | 12 May 2003 | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Blair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (I) (II) (III) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Valerie Amos DFID 2013.jpg | 79x79px]] | Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos | 12 May 2003 | 6 October 2003 | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Hilary Benn.jpg | 60px]] | Hilary Benn | 6 October 2003 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Douglas Alexander at the India Economic Summit 2008.jpg | 60px]] | Douglas Alexander | 28 June 2007 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Andrew Mitchell Official.jpg | 60px]] | Andrew Mitchell | 12 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | Cameron-Clegg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Justine Greening.jpg | 60px]] | Justine Greening | 4 September 2012 | 14 July 2016 | Conservative | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Cameron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (II) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Priti Patel 2016.jpg | 60px]] | Priti Patel | 14 July 2016 | 8 November 2017 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | May | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| May | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (II) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Penny Mordaunt in 2019 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Penny Mordaunt | 9 November 2017 | 1 May 2019 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Rory Stewart Official Portrait 2018 (cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | Rory Stewart | 1 May 2019 | 24 July 2019 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Alok Sharma Official Portrait 2018 (cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | Alok Sharma | 24 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (I) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (II) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Anne-Marie Trevelyan, International Development Secretary (cropped).jpg | 78x78px]] | Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 13 February 2020 | 2 September 2020 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Vacant | 2 September 2020 | 6 September 2022 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Official portrait of Vicky Ford MP crop 2.jpg | 80x80px]] | Vicky Ford | 6 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Truss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Official portrait of Andrew Mitchell MP crop 2, 2024.jpg | frameless | 80x80px]] | Andrew Mitchell | 25 October 2022 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sunak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Development Minister Anneliese Dodds (cropped).jpg | 77x77px]] | Anneliese Dodds | 8 July 2024 | 28 February 2025 | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:S465 BC official photo (cropped).jpg | 74x74px]] | Jenny Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington | 28 February 2025 | Incumbent | Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Starmer |
References
References
- "Minister of State (International Development, Latin America and Caribbean)".
- "Minister of State (Development and Africa) – GOV.UK".
- "Archived copy".
- (16 June 2020). "Department for International Development to merge with Foreign Office". ITV News.
- "New cabinet: Who is in Liz Truss's top team?". BBC News.
- "Minister of State (Development and Africa)".
- "Minister of State for Development". GOV.UK.
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