Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Vacant
since 11 May 2010
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Reports toSecretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Prime Minister
approved and sworn in by the Queen-in-Council
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation1782
First holderWilliam Fraser

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is a vacant junior position in the British government, subordinate to both the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and since 1945 also to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. The post is based at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, which was created by the merger of the Foreign Office, where the position was initially based, with the Commonwealth Office in 1968 and the Department for International Development in 2020. Notable holders of the office include Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, and Anthony Eden.


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