The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Americas and Caribbean is a ministerial office in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the

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. 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 North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

and became the deputy to the

Foreign Secretary The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, known as the foreign secretary, is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Seen as ...

. 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 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Europe, formerly the Minister of State for Europe is a ministerial position within the Government of the United Kingdom, in charge of affairs with Europe. The Minister can also be responsible for gov ...

. The position of

was split in July 2022, with Graham Stuart becoming Minister of State for Europe and

Rehman Chishti Atta-Ur-Rehman Chishti (born 4 October 1978) is a Pakistani-born British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gillingham and Rainham since 2010. He served under Theresa May as both the Vice Chair of the ...

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: *

* 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

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* Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) * safeguarding

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