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New Foreign Office ministerial team

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced the new Foreign Office ministerial team and their portfolios.

From:
Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon Lord Cameron
Published
6 September 2012
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs: Rt Hon William Hague MP:

  • Overall responsibility for the work of the Office
  • Policy Unit
  • Honours
  • Intelligence policy
  • Cyber security

Senior Minister of State: Rt Hon Baroness Warsi

  • Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh
  • Central Asia
  • Human Rights
  • UN, International Organisations and ICC
  • All of FCO business in the Lords

Minister of State for Europe: Rt Hon David Lidington MP

  • European Union (including Gibraltar and SBAs)
  • Europe, including Balkans, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova
  • Russia, South Caucasus,
  • NATO and European Security
  • OSCE and Council of Europe
  • FCO relations with Parliament
  • Communications
  • FCO Finance
  • Estates and Security
  • Information and Technology

Minister of State: Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP * Far East and South East Asia * India and Nepal * Latin America (including: Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba) * Falklands * Australasia and Pacific * Commonwealth * Migration * Emerging Powers Co-ordination * Public diplomacy, Olympics legacy and the GREAT campaign * International Economy * Prosperity work, including FCO’s relations with British Business, in support of Lord Green * Drugs and International Crime

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Alistair Burt MP

  • Counter Terrorism
  • Counter Proliferation
  • Counter Piracy
  • North America
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Maldives and Sri Lanka
  • Defence policy (except NATO and European Security)
  • Human Resources and Diversity
  • Ministerial correspondence

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Mark Simmonds MP

  • Africa
  • Overseas Territories (not Falklands, SBAs or Gibraltar)
  • Conflict Issues
  • Climate Change
  • International Energy
  • Consular
  • Protocol
  • Ministerial Oversight for FCO Services
  • The Caribbean (not including Dominican Republic, Haiti or Cuba)

Minister for Trade and Investment: Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint

  • Leading on FCO relations with British Business
  • Commercial Economic Diplomacy Department
  • Economics Unit
  • UK Trade and Investment (joint Minister with Dept. for Business, Innovation and Skills)
  • Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD)
  • Spokesman for the Government on trade and investment issues in the House of Lords
  • Business policy
Published 6 September 2012