The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas and Caribbean is a ministerial office in the

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of the British government. The office of Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa was held by

James Cleverly James Spencer Cleverly (born 4 September 1969) is a British politician and Army Reserve officer who has served as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs since 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been ...

MP from 13 February 2020 to 8 February 2022. In December 2021, the post adopted responsibility for North America and became the deputy to the Foreign Secretary. The Middle East portfolio was merged into the

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in February 2022, with Cleverly moving to the position of Minister of State for Europe and North America. The position of Minister of State for Europe and North America was split in July 2022, with Graham Stuart becoming

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and Rehman Chishti assuming responsibility for North America as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for North America, Sanctions and Consular Policy.

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for the following: * North America * conflict, humanitarian issues, human security * CHASE (Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department) * Stabilisation Unit * defence and international security *

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(OSCE) and Council of Europe * Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) * safeguarding

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