Minister for Africa

Minister for Africa is a junior position in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the British government. It is currently held by James Duddridge MP who took the office on 13 February 2020.[1]

Minister for Africa
Royal Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent James Duddridge MP since 13 February 2020
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 Her Majesty's pleasure
Website	Official website

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for the following:[2]

• Sub-Saharan Africa
• economic development
• oversight of international financial institutions
• CDC (UK government's development finance institution)
• research and evidence
• medical procurement
• wider supply chains

List

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	P.M.		F.Sec.
	The Lord Malloch-Brown		28 June 2007	24 July 2009	Labour		Brown	Miliband
	The Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead		13 October 2009	11 May 2010
	Henry Bellingham		11 May 2010	5 September 2012	Conservative		Cameron	Hague
	Mark Simmonds		5 September 2012	11 August 2014
								Hammond
	James Duddridge		11 August 2014	16 July 2016
	Tobias Ellwood		16 July 2016	13 June 2017			May	Johnson
	Rory Stewart		15 June 2017	9 January 2018
	Harriett Baldwin		9 January 2018	25 July 2019
								Hunt
	Andrew Stephenson		25 July 2019	13 February 2020			Johnson	Raab
	James Duddridge		13 February 2020	Incumbent

See also

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Minister of State for Europe
• Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
• Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa
• Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

References

1. "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Africa)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
2. "Responsibilities". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 December 2020.