Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Americas, Multilateral and Human Rights
UK ministerial position
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Americas, Multilateral and Human Rights[1] is a ministerial office in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the British government.
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on advice of the Prime Minister
| United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Americas, Multilateral and Human Rights | |
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| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | |
| Style | Minister |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Website | Official website |
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The office of Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa was held by James Cleverly MP from 13 February 2020 to 8 February 2022.[2] In December 2021, the post adopted responsibility for North America and became the deputy to the Foreign Secretary.[3]
The Middle East portfolio was merged into the Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East in February 2022, with Cleverly moving to the position of Minister of State for Europe and North America.[4] The position of Minister of State for Europe and North America was split in July 2022, with Graham Stuart becoming Minister of State for Europe and Rehman Chishti assuming responsibility for North America as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for North America, Sanctions and Consular Policy.
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for the following:[5]
- Latin America
- US and Canada
- UN, multilateral and human rights
- Commonwealth
- protocol
- British Council and World Service
List
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | P.M. | F.Sec. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa | ||||||||
| Alistair Burt | _(cropped).jpg) |
13 May 2010 | 7 October 2013 | Conservative | Cameron | Hague | ||
| Hugh Robertson | _(cropped).jpg) |
7 October 2013 | 14 July 2014 | |||||
| Tobias Ellwood |  |
15 July 2014 | 13 June 2017 | Hammond | ||||
| May | Johnson | |||||||
| Alistair Burt |  |
13 June 2017 | 25 March 2019 | |||||
| Hunt | ||||||||
| Minister of State for International Development and the Middle East | ||||||||
| Andrew Murrison | _(cropped).jpg) |
9 May 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Johnson | Raab | ||
| Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America | ||||||||
| James Cleverly | _(cropped).jpg) |
13 February 2020 | 8 February 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | Raab Truss | ||
| Role split and merged into Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East and Minister of State for Europe and North America | ||||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for North America, Sanctions and Consular Policy Role formed out of Minister of State for Europe and North America | ||||||||
| Rehman Chishti |  |
8 July 2022 | 7 September 2022 | Conservative | Johnson | Truss | ||
| Minister of State for the Americas and the Overseas Territories | ||||||||
| Jesse Norman |  |
7 September 2022 | 26 October 2022 | Conservative | Truss | Cleverly | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas and Caribbean | ||||||||
| David Rutley | _at_the_Department_of_State_in_Washington,_D.C._on_February_22,_2024_(cropped).jpg) |
27 October 2022 | 14 November 2023 | Conservative | Sunak | Cleverly | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas, Caribbean and Overseas Territories | ||||||||
| David Rutley | |
14 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | Cameron | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Latin America and Caribbean | ||||||||
| Jenny Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington |  |
18 July 2024 | 28 February 2025 | Labour | Starmer | Lammy | ||
| Minister of State for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean | ||||||||
| Jenny Chapman, Baroness Chapman of Darlington | |
28 February 2025 | 5 September 2025 | Labour | Starmer | Lammy | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Multilateral, Human Rights, Latin America and the Caribbean | ||||||||
| Chris Elmore | .jpg) |
7 September 2025 | 20 July 2026 | Labour | Starmer | Cooper | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Americas, Multilateral and Human Rights | ||||||||
| Chris Elmore | |
20 July 2026 | Incumbent | Labour | Burnham | Miliband | ||