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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific
British Government diplomacy position
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific is a junior-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.
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Reports toForeign Secretary
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe King (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
| United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific | |
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| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | |
| Reports to | Foreign Secretary |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Appointer | The King (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 1943 |
| First holder | Richard Law |
Responsibilities
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
| Minister of State | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | F.Sec. | ||||
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| Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | ||||||||
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Richard Law MP for Kingston upon Hull South West |
25 September 1943 | 25 May 1945 | Conservative | Churchill War | Eden | ||
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William Mabane MP for Huddersfield |
25 May 1945 | 26 July 1945 | National Liberal | Churchill Caretaker | |||
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Philip Noel-Baker MP for Derby |
3 August 1945 | 4 October 1946 | Labour | Attlee | Bevin | ||
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Hector McNeil MP for Greenock |
4 October 1946 | 28 February 1950 | |||||
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Kenneth Younger MP for Great Grimsby |
28 February 1950 | 26 October 1951 | |||||
| Morrison | ||||||||
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Selwyn Lloyd MP for Wirral |
30 October 1951 | 18 October 1954 | Conservative | Churchill III | Eden | ||
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Gerald Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading Hereditary peer |
11 November 1953 | 9 January 1957 | Churchill III (1953–1955) Eden (1955–1957) |
Eden (1953–1955) Macmillan (1955) Lloyd (1955–1959) | |||
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Anthony Nutting MP for Melton |
18 October 1954 | 3 November 1956 | |||||
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Allan Noble MP for Chelsea |
9 November 1956 | 16 January 1959 | Eden | Lloyd | |||
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David Ormsby-Gore MP for Oswestry |
16 January 1957 | 27 June 1961 | Macmillan | ||||
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John Profumo MP for Stratford-on-Avon |
16 January 1959 | 27 July 1960 | |||||
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Joseph Godber MP for Grantham |
27 June 1961 | 27 June 1963 | Douglas-Home | ||||
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Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee Hereditary peer |
9 October 1961 | 16 October 1964 | |||||
| Douglas-Home | Butler | |||||||
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Peter Thomas MP for Conwy |
27 June 1963 | 16 October 1964 | |||||
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George Thomson MP for Dundee East |
16 October 1964 | 31 March 1966 | Labour | Wilson I & II | Gordon Walker (1964–1965) Stewart (1965–1966) Brown (1965–1968) | ||
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Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon Life peer |
16 October 1964 | 17 October 1968 | |||||
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Walter Padley MP for Ogmore |
19 October 1964 | 7 January 1967 | |||||
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Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont Life peer |
23 October 1964 | 17 October 1968 | |||||
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Eirene White MP for East Flintshire |
31 March 1966 | 7 January 1967 | Brown (1966–1968) Stewart (1968) | ||||
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George Thomson MP for Dundee East |
7 January 1967 | 29 August 1967 | |||||
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Fred Mulley MP for Sheffield Park |
7 January 1967 | 17 October 1968 | |||||
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Goronwy Roberts MP for Caernarfon |
29 August 1967 | 17 October 1968 | |||||
| Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | ||||||||
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Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon Life peer |
17 October 1968 | 19 June 1970 | Labour | Wilson I & II | Stewart | ||
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Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont Life peer |
17 October 1968 | 19 June 1970 | |||||
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Fred Mulley MP for Sheffield Park |
17 October 1968 | 13 October 1969 | |||||
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Goronwy Roberts MP for Caernarfon |
17 October 1968 | 13 October 1969 | |||||
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Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd Hereditary peer |
17 October 1968 | 19 June 1970 | |||||
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Joseph Godber MP for Grantham |
19 June 1970 | 9 April 1972 | Conservative | Heath | Douglas-Home | ||
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Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie Life peer |
9 April 1972 | 4 March 1974 | |||||
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Julian Amery MP for Brighton Pavilion |
9 April 1972 | 4 March 1974 | |||||
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Robert Lindsay, Lord Balniel MP for Hertford |
9 April 1972 | 4 March 1974 | |||||
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David Ennals MP for Norwich North |
7 March 1974 | 10 September 1976 | Labour | Wilson III & IV | Callaghan | ||
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Roy Hattersley MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook |
7 March 1974 | 10 September 1976 | |||||
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Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts Life peer |
4 December 1975 | 4 May 1979 | |||||
| Callaghan | ||||||||
| Crosland (1976–1977) Owen (1977–1979) | ||||||||
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Ted Rowlands MP for Merthyr Tydfil |
10 September 1976 | 4 May 1979 | |||||
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David Owen MP for Plymouth Devonport |
10 September 1976 | 21 February 1977 | Crosland | ||||
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Frank Judd MP for Portsmouth North |
21 February 1977 | 4 May 1979 | Owen | ||||
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Peter Blaker MP for Blackpool South |
4 May 1979 | 14 September 1981 | Conservative | Thatcher I | Peter Carington | ||
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Nicholas Ridley MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury |
4 May 1979 | 14 September 1981 | |||||
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Richard Luce MP for Shoreham |
14 September 1981 | 5 April 1982 | |||||
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Cranley Onslow MP for Woking |
5 April 1982 | 13 June 1983 | Pym | ||||
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John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead Hereditary peer |
5 April 1982 | 13 June 1983 | |||||
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Richard Luce MP for Shoreham |
13 June 1983 | 2 September 1985 | Thatcher II | Howe | |||
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Janet Young, Baroness Young Life peer |
13 June 1983 | 13 June 1987 | |||||
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Tim Renton MP for Mid Sussex |
2 September 1985 | 13 June 1987 | |||||
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David Mellor MP for Putney |
13 June 1987 | 25 July 1988 | Thatcher III | ||||
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Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur Hereditary peer |
13 June 1987 | 24 July 1989 | |||||
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William Waldegrave MP for Bristol West |
26 July 1988 | 2 November 1990 | |||||
| Major (1989) Hurd (1989–1990) | ||||||||
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Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara Hereditary peer |
24 July 1989 | 14 July 1990 | |||||
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Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness Hereditary peer |
14 July 1990 | 14 April 1992 | Hurd | ||||
| Major I | ||||||||
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Douglas Hogg MP for Grantham |
2 November 1990 | 5 July 1995 | |||||
| Major II | ||||||||
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Alastair Goodlad MP for Eddisbury |
15 April 1992 | 5 July 1995 | |||||
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Jeremy Hanley MP for Richmond and Barnes |
5 July 1995 | 5 May 1997 | Rifkind | ||||
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Nicholas Bonsor MP for Upminster |
5 July 1995 | 5 May 1997 | |||||
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Tony Lloyd MP for Manchester Central |
5 May 1997 | 28 July 1999 | Labour | Blair I | Cook | ||
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John Battle MP for Leeds West |
28 July 1999 | 11 June 2001 | |||||
| Minister of State for the Middle East | ||||||||
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Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean Life peer |
11 June 2001 | 5 May 2005 | Labour | Blair II | Straw | ||
| Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | ||||||||
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Kim Howells MP for Pontypridd |
11 May 2005 | 6 October 2008 | Labour | Blair III Brown |
Beckett Miliband | ||
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Bill Rammell MP for Harlow |
6 October 2008 | 8 June 2009 | Labour | Brown | Miliband | ||
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Ivan Lewis MP for Bury South |
8 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | |||||
| Minister of State for Europe and the Americas | ||||||||
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Jeremy Browne MP for Taunton Deane |
13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Liberal Democrat | Cameron–Clegg | Hague | ||
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Hugo Swire MP for East Devon |
4 September 2012 | 15 July 2016 | Conservative | Hammond | |||
| Cameron II | ||||||||
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Alan Duncan MP for Rutland and Melton |
15 July 2016 | 22 July 2019 | May I & II | Johnson Hunt | |||
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Chris Pincher MP for Tamworth |
25 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Johnson I | Raab | |||
| Minister of State for Indo-Pacific | ||||||||
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Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed |
26 October 2022 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Sunak | Cleverly Cameron | ||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific | ||||||||
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Catherine West MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet |
9 July 2024 | 6 September 2025 | Labour | Starmer | Lammy | ||
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Seema Malhotra MP for Feltham and Heston |
6 September 2025 | Incumbent | Cooper | ||||