Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Asia and the Pacific)

Organisations: Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

• East and South-East Asia
• Australasia and the Pacific
• economic diplomacy, including climate change
• oceans
• communications, including the British Council
• Economics Unit
• gender equality
• protocol, Diplomatic Academy and estates and security

Previous holders of this role

1. Heather Wheeler

   2019 to 2020

2. The Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma KCMG

   2016 to 2017

3. James Duddridge

   2015 to 2016

4. The Rt Hon Grant Shapps

   2015 to 2015

5. James Duddridge

   2014 to 2015

6. Mark Simmonds

   2012 to 2014

7. Henry Bellingham

   2010 to 2012

Announcements

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  • 27 March 2023
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• Forced marriage speaker request form
  • 07 May 2021
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• ICJ's findings on Myanmar and the Rohingya: UK statement
  • 23 January 2020
  • Press release
• Minister for Asia and the Pacific hosts Ambassadors and High Commissioners of ASEAN member states
  • 23 January 2020
  • Press release
• FCO Minister arrives in Vietnam for 2-day visit
  • 15 January 2020
  • Press release
• FCO Minister to visit Indonesia and Vietnam to discuss collaboration on global challenges
  • 13 January 2020
  • Press release
• Team of UK experts to help fight Australian bushfires
  • 09 January 2020
  • Press release
• One Young World event: Minister for Asia and the Pacific speech
  • 28 October 2019
  • Speech
• Minister Wheeler responds to further missile tests by North Korea
  • 02 October 2019
  • Press release
• Minister for Asia visits South Korea, Mongolia and Japan to discuss free trade, climate change and gender equality
  • 30 September 2019
  • Press release

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