Secretary of State for International Development
Secretary of State for International Development | |
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Department for International Development | |
Style | The Right Honourable |
Appointer |
The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Formation | 18 October 1964 |
First holder | Barbara Castle |
Website |
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Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for International Development is a British cabinet minister responsible for the Department for International Development and for promoting development overseas, particularly in developing countries. The post was created in 1997 when the Department for International Development was made independent of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).
A separate Ministry of Overseas Development was established by Harold Wilson when he came to office in 1964. The first three holders of the office served in the Cabinet, but from 29 August 1967 the office was demoted. Under Edward Heath, the Ministry was re-incorporated into the FCO on 15 October 1970. Wilson again established the Ministry in 1974, but later merged it into the FCO once again: from 10 June 1975 to 8 October 1979 the Foreign Secretary served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Minister for Overseas Development in the cabinet, while the Minister for Overseas Development held the rank of Minister of State within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Minister of State had day-to-day responsibility. Under the Labour government of the 1970s, Reg Prentice sat in the Cabinet during his term.[1]
The post is currently held by Penny Mordaunt.
List of Ministers and Secretaries of State
Ministers of Overseas Development (1964–1970)
Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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Barbara Castle | 18 October 1964 | 23 December 1965 | Labour | Harold Wilson | ||
Anthony Greenwood | 23 December 1965 | 11 August 1966 | Labour | |||
Arthur Bottomley | 11 August 1966 | 29 August 1967 | Labour | |||
Reginald Prentice | 29 August 1967 | 6 October 1969 | Labour | |||
Judith Hart | 6 October 1969 | 19 June 1970 | Labour | |||
Richard Wood | 23 June 1970 | 15 October 1970 | Conservative | Edward Heath |
Ministers for Overseas Development (1970–1997)
Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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Richard Wood | 15 October 1970 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | Edward Heath | ||
Judith Hart | 7 March 1974 | 10 June 1975 | Labour | Harold Wilson | ||
Reginald Prentice | 10 June 1975 | 21 December 1976 (resigned) |
Labour | |||
James Callaghan | ||||||
Frank Judd | 21 December 1976 | 21 February 1977 | Labour | |||
Judith Hart | 21 February 1977 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | |||
Neil Marten | 6 May 1979 | 6 January 1983 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | ||
Tim Raison | 6 January 1983 | 10 September 1986 | Conservative | |||
Chris Patten | 10 September 1986 | 24 July 1989 | Conservative | |||
Lynda Chalker (Baroness Chalker from 1992) |
24 July 1989 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | |||
John Major |
Secretaries of State for International Development (1997–present)
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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Clare Short | 3 May 1997 | 12 May 2003 | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
Baroness Amos | 12 May 2003 | 6 October 2003 | Labour | ||||
Hilary Benn | 6 October 2003 | 27 June 2007 | Labour | ||||
Douglas Alexander | 28 June 2007 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |||
Andrew Mitchell | 12 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron (Coalition) | |||
Justine Greening | 4 September 2012 | 14 July 2016 | Conservative | ||||
David Cameron (II) | |||||||
Priti Patel | 14 July 2016 | 8 November 2017 | Conservative | Theresa May (I) | |||
Theresa May (II) | |||||||
Penny Mordaunt | 9 November 2017 | Incumbent | Conservative |
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2010.