Minister of State for Indo-Pacific (United Kingdom)

The Minister of State for Indo-Pacific is a mid-level ministerial position in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of His Majesty's Government. The office was known as Minister of State for Europe and the Americas from 2010 to 2020.[1] It was most recently merged into the office of Minister of State for the Pacific and the International Environment[2] to create the new office of Minister of State for Indo-Pacific.

United Kingdom
Minister of State for Indo-Pacific
Incumbent
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
since 26 October 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Reports toSecretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe King
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation1943
First holderRichard Law

Responsibilities

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The Minister’s responsibilities include:

  • China and Northeast Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands
  • Indian Ocean
  • Economic security (including export controls)
  • Sanctions
  • Economics and evaluation (including the Chief Economist)
  • Regulatory and economic diplomacy
  • Technology and analysis

List of ministers

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Minister of StateTerm of officePolitical partyP.M.F.Sec.
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Richard Law25 September 194325 May 1945ConservativeChurchillEden
William Mabane25 May 194526 July 1945National Liberal
Philip Noel-Baker3 August 19454 October 1946LabourAttleeBevin
Hector McNeil4 October 194628 February 1950
Kenneth Younger28 February 195026 October 1951
Morrison
Selwyn Lloyd30 October 195118 October 1954ConservativeChurchillEden
The Marquess of Reading11 November 19539 January 1957Churchill (1953–1955)
Eden (1955–1957)
Eden (1953–1955)
Macmillan (1955)
Lloyd (1955–1959)
Anthony Nutting18 October 19543 November 1956
Allan Noble9 November 195616 January 1959EdenLloyd
David Ormsby-Gore16 January 195727 June 1961Macmillan
John Profumo16 January 195927 July 1960
Joseph Godber27 June 196127 June 1963Douglas-Home
The Earl of Dundee9 October 196116 October 1964
Douglas-HomeButler
Peter Thomas27 June 196316 October 1964
George Thomson16 October 196431 March 1966LabourWilsonGordon Walker (1964–1965)
Stewart (1965–1966)
Brown (1965–1968)
The Lord Caradon16 October 196417 October 1968
Walter Padley19 October 19647 January 1967
The Lord Chalfont23 October 196417 October 1968
Eirene White31 March 19667 January 1967Brown (1966–1968)
Stewart (1968)
George Thomson7 January 196729 August 1967
Fred Mulley7 January 196717 October 1968
Goronwy Roberts29 August 196717 October 1968
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Hugh Foot17 October 196819 June 1970LabourWilsonStewart
The Lord Chalfont17 October 196819 June 1970
Fred Mulley17 October 196813 October 1969
Goronwy Roberts17 October 196813 October 1969
The Lord Shepherd17 October 196819 June 1970
Joseph Godber19 June 19709 April 1972ConservativeHeathDouglas-Home
Priscilla Buchan9 April 19724 March 1974
Julian Amery9 April 19724 March 1974
Lord Balniel9 April 19724 March 1974
David Ennals7 March 197410 September 1976LabourWilsonCallaghan
Roy Hattersley7 March 197410 September 1976
The Lord Goronwy-Roberts4 December 19754 May 1979
Callaghan
Crosland (1976–1977)
Owen (1977–1979)
Ted Rowlands10 September 19764 May 1979
David Owen10 September 197621 February 1977Crosland
Frank Judd21 February 19774 May 1979Owen
Peter Blaker4 May 197914 September 1981ConservativeThatcherPeter Carington
Nicholas Ridley4 May 197914 September 1981
Richard Luce14 September 19815 April 1982
Cranley Onslow5 April 198213 June 1983Pym
The Lord Belstead5 April 198213 June 1983
Richard Luce13 June 19832 September 1985Howe
The Baroness Young13 June 198313 June 1987
Tim Renton2 September 198513 June 1987
David Mellor13 June 198725 July 1988
The Lord Glenarthur13 June 198724 July 1989
William Waldegrave26 July 19882 November 1990
Major (1989)
Hurd (1989–1990)
The Lord Brabazon of Tara24 July 198914 July 1990
The Earl of Caithness14 July 199014 April 1992Hurd
Major
Douglas Hogg2 November 19905 July 1995
Alastair Goodlad15 April 19925 July 1995
Jeremy Hanley5 July 19955 May 1997Rifkind
Nicholas Bonsor5 July 19955 May 1997
Tony Lloyd5 May 199728 July 1999LabourBlairCook
John Battle28 July 199911 June 2001
Minister of State for the Middle East
The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean11 June 20015 May 2005LabourBlairStraw
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Kim Howells11 May 20056 October 2008LabourBlair
Brown
Beckett
Miliband
Bill Rammell6 October 20088 June 2009LabourBrownMiliband
Ivan Lewis8 June 200911 May 2010
Minister of State for Europe and the Americas
Jeremy Browne13 May 20104 September 2012Liberal DemocratCameronHague
Hugo Swire4 September 201215 July 2016ConservativeCameronHammond
Alan Duncan15 July 201622 July 2019ConservativeMayJohnson
Hunt
Chris Pincher25 July 201913 February 2020JohnsonRaab
Minister of State for Indo-Pacific
Anne-Marie Trevelyan26 October 2022IncumbentConservativeSunakCleverly

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Europe and the Americas)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  2. ^ "Minister of State (Minister for the Pacific and the International Environment)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-10-07.