Secretary of State for International Development
The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP
Biography
Anne-Marie Trevelyan was appointed Secretary of State for International Development on 13 February 2020.
She was previously Minister of State for the Armed Forces from 17 December 2019 to 13 February 2020, and Minister for Defence Procurement from 27 July 2019 to 16 December 2019.
Anne-Marie was first elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Berwick-upon-Tweed constituency at the 2015 general election.
A chartered accountant by trade, Anne-Marie sat on the House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee from July 2015 to May 2017 and December 2018 to July 2019. She has previously served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence. As an MP, she has campaigned with colleagues for greater autism awareness and has focussed on the Armed Forces Covenant.
Her wider interests involve spending time with her family, making the most of the incredible landscape her vast and varied constituency affords and putting her passion for singing to good use by taking part in Singing for Syrians concerts in Westminster.
Secretary of State for International Development
The Secretary of State leads the DFID ministerial team, sets the overall strategy and direction for the department.
- Cabinet and Cabinet Committees
- National Security Council
- All major spending decisions and overall delivery and management of 0.7%
- Communications
Previous roles in government
Announcements
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- PM announces new funding in fight against spread of coronavirus
- UK aid protects victims of violence as Syrian regime increases attacks in Idlib
- UK supercomputer to combat Africa’s worst locust outbreak in decades
- RAF submarine hunters first touchdown in UK
- UK’s largest UN mission draws to a close after four successful years
- Ministry of Defence lit in rainbow colours to celebrate LGB personnel
- Production starts on world-leading respirators for UK armed forces
- HMS Pembroke back in action after Fife refit
- Royal Navy’s new Offshore Patrol Vessel named HMS Spey
- RAF pilot seconded to Virgin Orbit space programme