Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa

The Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa is a mid-level position in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the British government. It is currently held by James Cleverly MP who took the office on 13 February 2020.[1]

Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa
Royal Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent James Cleverly 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]

• Middle East and North Africa
• conflict, humanitarian issues, human security
• CHASE (Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department)
• Stabilisation Unit
• defence and international security
• Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Council of Europe
• Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF)
• safeguarding

List

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	P.M.		F.Sec.
	Alistair Burt		13 May 2010	7 October 2013	Conservative		Cameron	Hague
	Hugh Robertson		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
	Andrew Murrison Minister of State for International Development and the Middle East		9 May 2019	13 February 2020			Johnson	Raab
	James Cleverly		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
• Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
• Minister for Africa

References

1. "Minister of State (Minister for Middle East and North Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
2. "Minister of State (Minister for Middle East and North Africa) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-24.