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{{Short description|Senior ministerial position in the Government of the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = {{small|[[United Kingdom]]}}<br> Minister of State for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean
| body = 
| flag = 
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| insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
| insigniacaption = [[Royal Arms]] of [[His Majesty's Government]]
| department = [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]]
| style = {{ubl|'''International Development Minister'''<br />{{small|(informal)}}|[[The Right Honourable]]<br />{{small|(within the UK and Commonwealth)}}|[[His Excellency|His/Her Excellency]]<br>{{small|(diplomatic)}}}}
| image = File:Official portrait of Baroness Chapman of Darlington crop 2, 2021.jpg
| alt = 
| incumbent = [[Jenny Chapman|The Baroness Chapman of Darlington]]
| incumbentsince = 28 February 2025
| status = [[Minister of the Crown]]
| seat = [[Westminster]]
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| nominator = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|The Prime Minister]]
| member_of = {{ubl|[[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] {{small|(attending)}}|[[Privy Council (United Kingdom)|Privy Council]]|[[National Security Council (UK)|National Security Council]]}}
| appointer = [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|The Monarch]]
| appointer_qualified = {{Small|(on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]])}}
| reports_to = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]<br>[[Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom)|Foreign Secretary]]
| termlength = [[At His Majesty's pleasure]]
| first = [[Barbara Castle]]<br>{{small|(as Minister of Overseas Development)}}
| last = 
| formation = *18 October 1964:<br>{{small|(as Minister of Overseas Development)}}
*25 October 2022:<br>{{small|(as Minister of State for Development and Africa)}}
| abolished = 
| deputy = 
| salary = 
| website = {{URL|www.dfid.gov.uk}}
}}
{{PoliticsUK}}

The '''minister of state for development''', formerly the '''minister of state for development and Africa'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Minister of State (Development and Africa) – GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state-development-and-africa |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=www.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref> and the '''secretary of state for international development''', is a senior [[minister of the Crown]] within the [[Government of the United Kingdom]].

The officeholder headed the [[Department for International Development]] (DFID) as secretary of state from 1997 to 2020. The office formed part of the [[British Cabinet]]. The [[Department for International Development]] was abolished in September 2020, and [[Anne-Marie Trevelyan]] was the final holder of the post.

The post was made a ministerial position attending Cabinet in the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]] in 2022. The corresponding [[shadow minister]] is the [[Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development|shadow cabinet minister for international development]].

==History==
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-DFID/History1/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-11-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101011133338/http%3A//www.dfid.gov.uk/About%2DDFID/History1/ |archive-date=11 October 2010 }}</ref> The post's last and main format was created in 1997 when the Department for International Development was made independent of the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] (FCO).

In June 2020, it was announced the Department for International Development would be dissolved, and its operations would be merged into the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. The process was completed by 2 September 2020, with the last international development secretary [[Anne-Marie Trevelyan]] remaining in place until that time.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2020-06-16/department-for-international-development-dfid-to-merge-with-foreign-office/|title=Department for International Development to merge with Foreign Office|work=ITV News|date=16 June 2020|access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref>

In 2022, the position was revised in the as a minister of state attending Cabinet during the [[Truss ministry]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wells |first1=Ione |title=New cabinet: Who is in Liz Truss's top team? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62796077 |website=bbc.com |publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref> From 2022 to 2024 under the [[Sunak ministry]], the position was combined with responsibility for [[Africa]] as the Minister of State for Development and Africa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minister of State (Development and Africa) |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state-development-and-africa |website=gov.uk |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>

==Responsibilities==
The Minister's responsibilities include:<ref>{{cite web |title=Minister of State for Development |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--177 |publisher=GOV.UK |access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref>

*international development
*Caribbean and Small Island Developing States
*soft power (including FCDO arms-length bodies British Council, BBC World Service and Wilton Park)
*devolution

==List of ministers and secretaries of state==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan=3 | Minister
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Party
! colspan=2 | Ministry

|-
! colspan=99 |

===Ministers of Overseas Development (1964–1970)===

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Barbara Castle, 1965 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Barbara Castle]]
| 18 October 1964
| 23 December 1965
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=5 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=5 | [[Harold Wilson|Wilson]]<br>{{small|([[First Wilson ministry|I]]) ([[Second Wilson ministry|II]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Anthony Greenwood.jpg|60px]]
| [[Anthony Greenwood]]
| 23 December 1965
| 11 August 1966
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Arthur Bottomley MP.jpg|60px]]
| [[Arthur Bottomley]]
| 11 August 1966
| 29 August 1967
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|
| [[Reg Prentice]]
| 29 August 1967
| 6 October 1969
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|
| [[Judith Hart]]
| 6 October 1969
| 19 June 1970
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|
| [[Richard Wood, Baron Holderness|Richard Wood]]
| 23 June 1970
| 15 October 1970
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Heath ministry|Heath]]

|-
! colspan=99 |

===Ministers for Overseas Development (1970–1997)===

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|
| [[Richard Wood, Baron Holderness|Richard Wood]]
| 15 October 1970
| 4 March 1974
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Heath ministry|Heath]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|
| [[Judith Hart]]
| 7 March 1974
| 10 June 1975
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Harold Wilson|Wilson]]<br>{{small|([[Third Wilson ministry|III]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | [[Reg Prentice]]
| rowspan=2 | 10 June 1975
| rowspan=2 |  21 December 1976<br/>(resigned)
| rowspan=2 | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=3 | [[Callaghan ministry|Callaghan]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Judd crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Frank Judd]]
| 21 December 1976
| 21 February 1977
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|
| [[Judith Hart]]
| 21 February 1977
| 4 May 1979
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 
| [[Neil Marten]]
| 6 May 1979
| 6 January 1983
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=4 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=4 | [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher]] <br>{{small|([[First Thatcher ministry|I]]) ([[Second Thatcher ministry|II]]) ([[Third Thatcher ministry|III]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|
| [[Timothy Raison]]
| 6 January 1983
| 10 September 1986
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Patten of Barnes crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Chris Patten]]
| 10 September 1986
| 24 July 1989
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Official portrait of Baroness Chalker of Wallasey crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Lynda Chalker]]<br/>''{{small|'''The Baroness Chalker of Wallasey'''<br>from 1992}}''
| rowspan=2 | 24 July 1989
| rowspan=2 | 2 May 1997
| rowspan=2 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| colspan=2 | [[John Major|Major]]<br>{{small|([[First Major ministry|I]]) ([[Second Major ministry|II]])}}

|-
! colspan=99 |

===Secretaries of State for International Development (1997–2020)===

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Paris 2011 192 (5494065443) (cropped 2).jpg|90x90px]]
| [[Clare Short]]
| 3 May 1997
| 12 May 2003
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=3 | [[Tony Blair|Blair]]<br>{{small|([[First Blair ministry|I]]) ([[Second Blair ministry|II]]) ([[Third Blair ministry|III]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Valerie Amos DFID 2013.jpg|79x79px]]
| [[Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos]]
| 12 May 2003
| 6 October 2003
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Hilary Benn.jpg|60px]]
| [[Hilary Benn]]
| 6 October 2003
| 28 June 2007
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Douglas Alexander MP crop 2, 2024.jpg|60px]]
| [[Douglas Alexander]]
| 28 June 2007
| 11 May 2010
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Brown ministry|Brown]]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Andrew Mitchell MP crop 2, 2024.jpg|60px]]
| [[Andrew Mitchell]]
| 12 May 2010
| [[2012 British cabinet reshuffle|4 September 2012]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:#ddd" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Cameron-Clegg]]

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Justine Greening.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Justine Greening]]
| rowspan=2 | [[2012 British cabinet reshuffle|4 September 2012]]
| rowspan=2 | 14 July 2016
| rowspan=2 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[David Cameron|Cameron]]<br/>{{Small|([[Second Cameron ministry|II]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Priti Patel 2016.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Priti Patel]]
| rowspan=2 | 14 July 2016
| rowspan=2 | [[Second May ministry#Changes|8 November 2017]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Theresa May|May]]<br/>{{Small|([[First May ministry|I]])}}
|-
| rowspan=3  | [[Theresa May|May]]<br/>{{Small|([[Second May ministry|II]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Penny Mordaunt in 2019 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Penny Mordaunt]]
| [[Second May ministry#Changes|9 November 2017]]
| [[Second May ministry#Changes 2|1 May 2019]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Rory Stewart crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Rory Stewart]]
| [[Second May ministry#Changes 2|1 May 2019]]
| 24 July 2019
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Official portrait of Alok Sharma crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Alok Sharma]]
| rowspan=2 | 24 July 2019
| rowspan=2 | [[2020 British cabinet reshuffle|13 February 2020]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Boris Johnson|Johnson]]<br/>{{Small|([[First Johnson ministry|I]])}}
|-
| rowspan=3  | [[Boris Johnson|Johnson]]<br>{{small|([[Second Johnson ministry|II]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan crop 2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Anne-Marie Trevelyan]]
| [[2020 British cabinet reshuffle|13 February 2020]]
| [[Second Johnson ministry#Changes|2 September 2020]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|
| ''Vacant''
| [[Second Johnson ministry#Changes|2 September 2020]] 
| 6 September 2022
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|-
! colspan=99 |

===Minister of State for Development (2022)===

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Vicky Ford MP crop 2.jpg|80x80px]]
| [[Vicky Ford]]
| [[Truss ministry|6 September 2022]]
| 25 October 2022
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Truss ministry#Cabinet|Truss]]

|-
! colspan=99 |

=== Minister of State for Development and Africa (2022–2024) ===

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Andrew Mitchell MP crop 2, 2024.jpg|frameless|80x80px]]
| [[Andrew Mitchell]]
| [[Sunak ministry#Cabinets|25 October 2022]]
| 5 July 2024
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Sunak ministry|Sunak]]

|-
! colspan=99 |

===Minister of State for Development (2024–2025)===

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official_portrait_of_Anneliese_Dodds_MP_crop_2.jpg|60px]]
| [[Anneliese Dodds]]
| 8 July 2024
| 28 February 2025
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Starmer ministry|Starmer]]

|-
! colspan=99 |

===Minister of State for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean===

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[File:Official portrait of Baroness Chapman of Darlington crop 2, 2021.jpg|60px]]
|'''[[Jenny Chapman|The Baroness Chapman of Darlington]]'''
|28 February 2025
|Incumbent 
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Keir Starmer|Starmer]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Secretary of State for International Development}}
{{Cabinet positions in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom|International Development]]
[[Category:Ministerial offices in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1964 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:2020 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Department for International Development]]