Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Europe and the Americas)

Organisations: Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

  • the Americas, including the Falklands
  • Europe, including Gibraltar, Sovereign Base Areas and third country agreements
  • treaty policy and practice
  • deputy to the Foreign Secretary for EU Exit Cabinet Committees
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Euro-Atlantic security policy
  • OSCE, Council of Europe and sanctions
  • relations with Parliament

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP

    2019 to 2020

  2. The Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan KCMG

    2016 to 2019

  3. The Rt Hon Hugo Swire

    2012 to 2016

  4. Jeremy Browne

    2010 to 2012