Minister of State (Minister for Middle East and North Africa)

The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP

Biography

James Cleverly was appointed joint Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development on 13 February 2020. He was first elected as the Conservative MP for Braintree in May 2015.

James was Minister without Portfolio from 24 July 2019 to 13 February 2020 and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union from April 2019 to July 2019.

Minister of State (Minister for Middle East and North Africa)

The Minister’s responsibilities include:

  • Middle East and North Africa
  • conflict, humanitarian issues, human security
  • CHASE (Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department)
  • Stabilisation Unit
  • defence and international security
  • Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OCSE) and Council of Europe
  • Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF)
  • safeguarding

More about this role

Department for International Development and Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Previous roles in government

  1. Minister without Portfolio
  2. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Announcements

  1. UK welcomes journalists from across the Middle East for second UK Arab Commentators Forum
  2. Israeli settlements, February 2020: UK statement
  3. Additional sanctions increase pressure on Assad regime and its backers
  4. UK Minister discusses conflict in Libya at Munich Security Conference