Minister of State for Asia
Minister of State for Asia is a mid-level position in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the British government. It is currently held by Nigel Adams MP who took the office on 13 February 2020.[1]
| Minister of State for Asia | |
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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 Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Website | Official website |
Responsibilities
The minister's responsibilities include:[2]
- East Asia and South East Asia
- economic diplomacy
- trade (including Trade for Development)
- Economics Unit
- Prosperity Fund
- communications
- soft power, including British Council, BBC World Service and scholarships
- third-country agreements
- consular
- global Travel Advice
- repatriations policy and operations related to COVID-19
- parliamentary relations
List
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | P.M. | F.Sec. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Browne |  |
13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Liberal Democrat | Cameron | Hague | ||
| The Baroness Warsi |  |
4 September 2012 | 5 August 2014 | Conservative | ||||
| Hammond | ||||||||
| The Baroness Anelay of St Johns |  |
6 August 2014 | 17 July 2016 | |||||
| Alok Sharma |  |
17 July 2016 | 13 June 2017 | May | Johnson | |||
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13 June 2017 | 25 July 2019[lower-alpha 1] | |||||
| Hunt | ||||||||
| Heather Wheeler |  |
26 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Johnson | Raab | |||
| Nigel Adams |  |
13 February 2020 | Incumbent | |||||
Notes
- Suspended from 21 June 2019
References
- "Minister of State (Minister for Asia)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- "Responsibilities". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
See also
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