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Minister of State for Asia

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Minister of State for Asia
Incumbent
Nigel Adams MP

since 13 February 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
WebsiteOfficial website

Minister of State for Asia is a mid-level position in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the British government. It is currently held by Nigel Adams MP who took the office on 13 February 2020.[1]

Responsibilities[edit]

The minister's responsibilities include:[2]

  • East Asia and South East Asia
  • economic diplomacy
  • trade (including Trade for Development)
  • Economics Unit
  • Prosperity Fund
  • communications
  • soft power, including British Council, BBC World Service and scholarships
  • third-country agreements
  • consular
  • global Travel Advice
  • repatriations policy and operations related to COVID-19
  • parliamentary relations

List[edit]

Name Portrait Term of office Political party P.M. F.Sec.
Jeremy Browne 13 May 2010 4 September 2012 Liberal Democrat Cameron Hague
The Baroness Warsi 4 September 2012 5 August 2014 Conservative
Hammond
The Baroness Anelay of St Johns 6 August 2014 17 July 2016
Alok Sharma 17 July 2016 13 June 2017 May Johnson
Mark Field 13 June 2017 25 July 2019[lower-alpha 1]
Hunt
Heather Wheeler 26 July 2019 13 February 2020 Johnson Raab
Nigel Adams 13 February 2020 Incumbent

Notes[edit]

  1. Suspended from 21 June 2019

References[edit]

  1. "Minister of State (Minister for Asia)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. "Responsibilities". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

See also[edit]


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